Network Data Stream Translation for Legacy Software Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Older software solutions, particularly in industrial and scientific fields, are designed to handle file-based data streams but encounter errors or crashes when dealing with network-based data streams, which are not searchable, leading to inefficiencies and potential impossibility of temporary local storage due to file size and bandwidth issues.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that monitors read access operations, translates network data streams into searchable file-based data streams by adapting read access operations and buffering data, allowing clients to access network data streams as if they were file-based without noticing the translation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If network-based data streams are used to provide files to older software solutions, then data transmission efficiency is improved, but compatibility issues arise because the software expects searchable file-based data streams
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a translation layer that acts as an intermediary between the network-based data stream provider and the older software client. This translator monitors read access operations from the client and translates network data stream operations into file-based data stream operations, allowing the client to access network files without knowing about the underlying network protocol. The translator buffers data and manages the translation process transparently, resolving the compatibility issue while maintaining network transmission efficiency.
2Reliability
If large image files are temporarily stored locally to make them searchable, then software compatibility is improved, but network bandwidth and storage capacity constraints are violated
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of storing the entire large image file locally (excessive action that would violate storage and bandwidth constraints), the patent implements a buffered translation approach. The translator maintains a buffer that stores only the necessary portions of the file as they are read from the network stream, translating and buffering data on-demand rather than pre-storing everything. This partial action approach maintains compatibility while respecting storage and bandwidth limitations.
3Reliability
If network data streams are translated into file-based data streams, then software compatibility is improved, but system complexity increases due to the translation mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The translation mechanism is designed to be transparent and autonomous. The translator automatically monitors read access operations from the client, translates network data stream operations into file-based operations, and manages the buffering process without requiring intervention from either the client software or the network server. This self-service approach handles the complexity internally while presenting a simple interface to the older software client, improving compatibility without significantly increasing the complexity of the overall system architecture.
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AI summary
The application relates to a computer-implemented method for providing data to a client. The method comprises monitoring read access operations on a file by the client. The file is provided as a network data stream by a network node. The client is configured to receive files only via a searchable file-based data stream. The method further comprises transmitting a network data stream containing the file to the client, the network data stream not being searchable, and translating the network data stream into a searchable file-based data stream on the basis of the read access operations.