Network System Supplementing Missing Device Affiliation Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network systems fail to efficiently provide address information for information devices with missing affiliation information, leading to incomplete search results and limited access to usable devices.
Innovation Solution
A network system with a recording unit that stores address information, first affiliation information, and second affiliation information, where a processor performs a returning operation to extract address information matching the search terminal's affiliation and supplements missing affiliation information based on matching records, enabling access to devices with incomplete records.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the system only returns address information for devices with complete affiliation information, then the reliability of returned information is improved, but the quantity of accessible devices decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary supplementation of missing first affiliation information by matching second affiliation information before the inquiry process. This advance preparation ensures that when inquiries are made, the recording information is already complete, allowing the system to return information for all devices including those that originally had missing affiliation data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces second affiliation information as an intermediary element to bridge the gap between devices with missing first affiliation information and the inquiry process. By using second affiliation information (such as network information or authentication server names) as a matching key, the system can indirectly identify and supplement missing first affiliation information, enabling access to devices that would otherwise be inaccessible.
2Loss of information
If the system supplements missing affiliation information based on matching records, then the completeness of search results is improved, but the complexity of information processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The supplementation process is performed in advance before actual inquiries are processed. By pre-supplementing missing first affiliation information using matching second affiliation information, the system avoids the need for complex real-time processing during inquiry operations, thereby reducing operational complexity while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system copies first affiliation information from devices with complete records to devices with missing information, based on matching second affiliation information. This copying approach simplifies the supplementation process by directly replicating proven good data rather than attempting to reconstruct or infer missing information through complex algorithms.
3Measurement precision
If the system processes supplementation during inquiry operations, then the accuracy of returned information is improved, but the response time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs the supplementation operation in advance, before inquiry operations begin. This preliminary action ensures that all missing affiliation information is already filled in, so when inquiries are processed, the system can directly return accurate information without performing additional supplementation steps, thereby maintaining accuracy while minimizing response time.
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AI summary
A network system includes a recording unit that is disposed on a network and in which recording information that includes address information, first affiliation information, and second affiliation information of a plurality of information devices is recorded, and a processor configured to execute, when an inquiry about an information device usable by a search terminal is received from the search terminal, a returning operation of extracting address information of the information device that has same first affiliation information as the search terminal from the recording unit and returning the address information, and execute a supplementing operation of supplementing, for a first information device for which there is no first affiliation information in recording information, the recording information of the first information device with the first affiliation information based on recording information of a second information device that has same second affiliation information as the first information device. In the returning operation, the processor is configured to extract address information of an information device that has the same first affiliation information based on information of the recording unit that reflects a result of supplementation by the supplementing operation and returns the address information.