Network Apparatus Start Status Feedback and Power Management
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current network systems lack the ability to determine the status of network apparatus start processing and do not efficiently manage electric power consumption, leading to user anxiety and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A network system with a start indicating apparatus that transmits status notices to a terminal apparatus through a router, allowing for monitoring and display of start processing completion, initiation, and estimated time, and dynamically selects network apparatuses based on power consumption and usage to reduce overall energy usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a terminal starting apparatus is provided to enable remote start of network apparatus, then remote start functionality is achieved, but the electric power consumption of the system increases and it becomes difficult to meet users' needs for reduced power consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal apparatus itself performs the function of transmitting start requests and receiving completion notices, eliminating the need for a separate terminal starting apparatus. The network apparatus also autonomously transmits completion notices back through the router, making the system self-sufficient without requiring dedicated starting equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal apparatus serves multiple functions: it acts as both the start requesting terminal and the terminal starting apparatus. The network apparatus similarly performs both the function of being started and transmitting completion notices, reducing the need for specialized components.
2Ease of operation
If remote start functionality is implemented without status notification, then remote start is enabled, but users experience anxiety as they cannot determine whether start processing is completed or how long it takes
Solution Approach 1:
The network apparatus transmits completion notices back to the terminal apparatus through the router, providing feedback on the start processing status. This allows the terminal apparatus to inform users whether the start is completed, in progress, or failed, eliminating user anxiety.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes the completion notice transmission mechanism in advance, so that status information is automatically provided as part of the start process, rather than requiring separate status checking operations.
Data Source
AI summary
A network apparatus transmits the completion notice of the start to a start indicating apparatus in a case of completing a start processing to be executed according to a start indication. In a case of monitoring and receiving the receipt of the completion notice of the start transmitted from the network apparatus, the start indicating apparatus transmits the completion notice of the start with respect to a terminal apparatus through a repeating apparatus.