Printing Control Server for Social Media Data Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is no existing system that allows users of social networking services to easily print posting data from mobile terminals, such as smartphones, using a printer.
Innovation Solution
A printing control server and system that acquires posting data containing specific character strings from a service offering server and instructs a printing device to execute printing based on this data, allowing users to print posting contents with a simple operation by including specific character strings in their posts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a system integrates printing functionality with social networking service, then users can print posting data easily from mobile terminals, but the device complexity and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a printing control server as an intermediary component between the SNS server and printing devices. This mediator handles the complex tasks of acquiring posting data from the SNS server, analyzing print instructions, and controlling the printing device, thereby keeping the user terminal simple while enabling integrated printing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the printing control functionality from the user terminal and places it in a separate printing control server. This separation removes the processing load and complexity from the terminal device, allowing users to print posting data easily without burdening their mobile devices with complex printing management functions.
2Reliability
If the acquisition section acquires all posting data from the service offering server, then complete data is available for printing, but the processing load of the printing control server increases
Solution Approach 1:
The acquisition section extracts only the necessary posting data that contains the specific character string from the entire body of posting data on the SNS server. This selective extraction approach ensures that complete and accurate printing data is obtained while minimizing the processing load by avoiding unnecessary data transfer and analysis.
3Manufacturing precision
If the system requires users to manually configure printing settings and select printing devices, then printing control is precise, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects and acquires print instructions and conditions from the posting data itself, and automatically selects and controls the appropriate printing device. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for users to manually configure printing settings or select devices, achieving both operational simplicity and precise printing control through automated analysis of the posting content.
Data Source
AI summary
A printing control server includes an acquisition section and a printing control section. The acquisition section is configured to acquire posting data containing a specific character string in a posted content from a service offering server which provides a posting service. The printing control section is configured to make a printing device execute printing based on the posting data acquired.