Personal Proxy Server Predictive Data Acquisition

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing demand for wireless data transmission leads to bandwidth limitations and quality of service issues, particularly during peak periods, straining network resources and impacting user experience.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a personal proxy server that predicts and caches data based on user profiles, allowing for optimized network usage by preloading data during off-peak times and storing it on removable devices for later access, thereby reducing network traffic and improving user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If data is transmitted over wireless networks during peak periods, then user data access is provided, but network bandwidth is exceeded and quality of service deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata access speedVSAvoidnetwork bandwidth
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data acquisition by predicting which data will be requested and caching it in advance during off-peak network periods. This preliminary action transfers data from the network to local cache storage before peak demand occurs, reducing the quantity of data that needs to be transmitted over the network during high-traffic periods while maintaining fast local access speeds.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Speed

If more data is cached locally, then data access speed improves, but device storage capacity is consumed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata access speedVSAvoiddevice storage capacity
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by caching data selectively based on prediction algorithms that identify which specific data items are most likely to be requested. Instead of uniformly caching all data, the system optimizes cache content according to user profiles, historical access patterns, and predicted future requests, ensuring that limited local storage capacity is used efficiently for high-value data while maintaining fast access speeds for predicted content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Loss of energy

If predictive caching is implemented, then network traffic during peak periods is reduced, but additional processing and storage infrastructure is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork operational costVSAvoidproxy server infrastructure
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The proxy server implements self-service by automatically predicting data requests using user profiles and historical patterns, then autonomously acquiring and caching predicted data without manual intervention. The system monitors its own cache performance, identifies when cache capacity needs adjustment, and manages data lifecycle automatically. This automation reduces the need for complex manual infrastructure management while achieving significant network traffic reduction during peak periods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS8886760B2System and method of predictive data acquisition
Publication Date: 2014.11.11 SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
  • US8886760B2 patent drawing
  • US8886760B2 patent drawing
  • US8886760B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Systems and methods of predictive data acquisition are disclosed. A personal proxy server is configured to acquire first data in response to a first request to access the first data and to acquire second data prior to receiving a second request to access the second data. The first request and the second request are received from a common source. The personal proxy server is also configured to store the acquired first data and the acquired second data so that the acquired first data and the acquired second data are accessible to the personal proxy server.