Network I/O Gateway for Multi-Protocol Data Conversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in linking network input/output entities that use different communication protocols, making seamless data sharing and communication between disparate systems difficult.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that enable communication between network input/output entities using different protocols by maintaining a data warehouse and converting data into compatible formats, allowing entities to access and share data without requiring protocol changes, and enabling control signals to be sent for actions across the network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different network input/output entities use different communication protocols, then each entity can maintain its own protocol standards and compatibility, but seamless data sharing and communication between disparate systems becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a gateway service that acts as an intermediary between network input/output entities using different communication protocols. The gateway receives data from entities using various protocols (SQL, ODBC, TAPI, Blockchain), converts it to a standardized internal format, and enables seamless data sharing without requiring changes to the original entities' protocols. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by maintaining protocol diversity while enabling universal data access.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes data format parameters through protocol conversion. When data arrives from entities using different protocols, the gateway transforms the data's communication protocol parameters into a unified internal representation, allowing seamless data sharing while preserving the original entities' protocol characteristics. This parameter transformation enables both protocol compatibility and ease of data sharing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If data protocol and format conversion technologies are implemented across disparate systems, then data sharing between different protocols is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple protocol conversion capabilities into a single gateway service. Instead of implementing separate conversion mechanisms for each protocol pair, the gateway consolidates support for SQL, ODBC, TAPI, and Blockchain protocols into one unified service that converts all to a standardized internal format. This merging reduces overall system complexity while maintaining multi-protocol support.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway service is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple communication protocols through a single interface. It provides multi-protocol support by implementing a standardized internal data representation that can receive and transmit data from various protocol sources, eliminating the need for separate conversion infrastructure for each protocol combination.
3Ease of operation
If protocol conversion is implemented to enable seamless integration, then data accessibility across entities is improved, but the need for protocol changes in existing entities is avoided
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway service serves as an intermediary that improves data accessibility without requiring protocol changes in existing entities. It sits between the disparate network input/output entities and the applications needing data, translating between various protocols and the internal standardized format. This approach enhances data accessibility while keeping the original entities simple and unchanged.
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AI summary
An apparatus comprising means for: enabling communication with a plurality of network input/output entities wherein different network input/output entities are configured to use different communication protocols to communicate with the apparatus; maintaining a data warehouse where the data warehouse comprises data obtained from one or more of the plurality of network input/output entities using one or more different communication protocols; and enabling each of the plurality of network input/output entities to access data from the data warehouse by converting data from the data warehouse into a required format for the communication protocol used by the network input/output entities.