Relay Apparatus Data Sorting for Communication Load Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Communication apparatuses face limitations in memory capacity, leading to increased load when receiving and managing electronic data from network-based storage services, and relay apparatuses experience operational burdens when managing multiple services and updating APIs for data selection and management.
Innovation Solution
A communication system comprising a communication apparatus and a relay apparatus connected through a network, where the communication apparatus requests and displays contents summary information, transmits selection information, and receives contents based on address information from the relay apparatus, which adds order information and sorts selection information, allowing for efficient data retrieval and management without requiring a stateful server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the communication apparatus directly receives electronic data from electronic-data storing services, then the data retrieval function is achieved, but the memory capacity limitation increases operational load and complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex API management and data selection functions from the communication apparatus and relocates them to the relay apparatus. The relay apparatus maintains the electronic data information and handles API interactions, while the communication apparatus only performs simple download requests, thereby reducing its complexity and operational load.
Solution Approach 2:
The relay apparatus serves as an intermediary between the communication apparatus and the electronic-data storing services. It manages the electronic data information, handles API updates, and coordinates data retrieval operations, allowing the communication apparatus to operate with simplified functionality while maintaining efficient data access.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the relay apparatus manages multiple electronic-data storing services, then service versatility is improved, but the operational load and management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The relay apparatus is designed with universal functionality to manage multiple electronic-data storing services simultaneously. It maintains electronic data information from various services and handles diverse API protocols, providing unified access points for communication apparatuses while concentrating the operational complexity in a single centralized system.
3Ease of operation
If the communication apparatus selects and manages electronic data information, then data selection capability is achieved, but the program updating load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the electronic data information management and API selection logic from the communication apparatus and concentrates them in the relay apparatus. The communication apparatus only needs to send simple selection requests and receive data, while the relay apparatus handles the complex information management, thereby eliminating the need for frequent program updates in the communication apparatus.
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AI summary
A communication system includes: a communication apparatus; and a relay apparatus. The communication apparatus includes: a contents-summary-information address request unit; a contents-summary-information display unit; a selection-information transmission unit; a selection-completion notification unit; and a contents get unit. The relay apparatus includes: an order-information addition unit that adds order information of contents to electronic data information; a contents-summary-information address transmission unit that transmits address information of a contents summary information item and the electronic data information, to which the order information is added, in response to a request of transmission of the address information of the contents summary information item; a contents-address get unit that gets the address information of the contents selected based on selection information from the selection-completion notification unit; and a contents-address transmission unit that transmits the address information of the contents got by the contents-address get unit to the communication apparatus.