Mobile Database Proxy Objects for Multimedia Service Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile data capture devices (MDCDs) have limited capabilities for processing and managing multimedia data, with front-end mobile databases (MDBs) lacking the functionality to recognize, search, index, and query multimedia data, relying on back-end enterprise databases (EDBs) for extensive media storage and processing.
Innovation Solution
Implementing additional logic, such as proxy objects, in mobile databases to facilitate multimedia data recognition, service request queuing, and communication with enterprise databases, enabling local processing and dynamic migration of functionality between MDBs and EDBs based on computing power and connectivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If additional logic such as proxy objects is added to mobile databases to enable local multimedia processing, then multimedia service capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces proxy objects as intermediary components that bridge the mobile database and enterprise database. These proxy objects handle multimedia service requests locally, translating them into appropriate database operations without requiring the mobile database itself to have full multimedia processing capabilities. This allows the mobile database to provide multimedia services while maintaining relative simplicity by delegating complex operations to the enterprise database through the proxy interface.
2Speed
If multimedia data is stored and processed locally on mobile devices, then data access speed is improved, but memory and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the database functionality between mobile and enterprise systems. The mobile database stores only essential local data for immediate access, while multimedia data and heavy processing operations are segmented to the enterprise database. Proxy objects manage this segmentation by routing appropriate operations to the enterprise database, enabling fast access to critical local data while maintaining the ability to access extensive multimedia resources remotely.
3Reliability
If the mobile database synchronizes frequently with the enterprise database to maintain data consistency, then data accuracy is improved, but communication overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic synchronization between the mobile and enterprise databases, rather than continuous synchronization. The system establishes scheduled data exchange cycles where the mobile database synchronizes with the enterprise database at predetermined intervals or trigger events. This periodic action maintains data consistency and reliability while significantly reducing communication overhead and time loss compared to continuous synchronization, allowing the mobile database to operate independently between synchronization cycles.
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AI summary
Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with a mobile multimedia database are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a mobile database and logic for communicating media data from the mobile database to an enterprise database. The exemplary system may also include logic for creating a media service request and for communicating the media service request from the system to the enterprise database. A media service request may describe an action on a piece of media data. The exemplary system may also include logic for receiving a media service reply from the enterprise database. A media service reply may describe an action performed by the enterprise database in response to the media service request.