Cross-OS Metadata Path Conversion for Non-Destructive Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices face difficulties in providing non-destructive editing functions when receiving content from external devices with different operating systems, as they struggle to accurately store and retrieve original content due to path discrepancies in metadata.
Innovation Solution
The method involves identifying the operating system of the external device and adjusting the path of the original content in metadata to match the local operating system, ensuring accurate storage and retrieval of original content for non-destructive editing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the electronic device stores original content in a path from metadata received from an external device with a different OS, then the non-destructive editing function cannot be performed due to path incompatibility, but if the device changes the path to match its own OS, then the non-destructive editing function can be performed but the original path information is altered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary conversion process that translates file paths from one OS format to another. The processor acts as a mediator that receives path information in metadata, identifies the source OS type, converts the path to the target OS format, and stores it in the appropriate location. This intermediary conversion mechanism allows path information to be preserved and made compatible across different OS environments without direct conflict.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of the file path to adapt it from one OS format to another. By detecting the OS type and applying corresponding path conversion rules, the system transforms the path structure (e.g., from Windows-style paths to Linux-style paths) while maintaining the essential location information. This parameter transformation enables the path to be valid in the target OS environment.
2Ease of operation
If the electronic device maintains the original path from metadata, then path information is preserved but the device cannot locate the original content due to OS path format differences, but if the device converts the path format, then content location is achieved but compatibility with external devices may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary path conversion when the edited content is initially received and stored. Instead of waiting for retrieval issues to occur, the system proactively converts the path format to match the target OS before storage. This preliminary action ensures that the content can be immediately located and accessed without encountering path format incompatibilities later.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the path handling process into distinct components: path reception, OS type detection, path conversion, and storage. By dividing the overall path management into separate functional segments, the system can handle each aspect independently and apply appropriate conversion rules based on the specific OS environments involved, improving both reliability and adaptability.
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes communication circuitry, at least one processor including processing circuitry, and memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to receive, from an external electronic device through the communication module, first content, the original content of the first content, and metadata of the first content, identify whether operating system (OS) of the external electronic device is the same as OS of the electronic device, based on identifying that the OS of the external electronic device is not same as the OS of the electronic device, change a path of the original content included in the metadata to a path related to the OS of the electronic device, and based on identifying that the OS of the external electronic device is same as the OS of the electronic device, maintain the path of the original content included in the metadata.