Relay Server Prioritizing Past Folder Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems face challenges in appropriately displaying service selection screens on communication apparatuses, particularly in prioritizing the folder name of past data communication targets, due to the lack of efficient folder relation information management between service provision servers and communication devices.
Innovation Solution
A relay server is configured to receive and generate specific screen data by prioritizing the folder name of past data communication targets, using folder relation information from a separate database, allowing for efficient display on communication apparatuses without requiring folder relation information storage on the service provision server or communication device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If folder relation information is stored on the service provision server or communication device, then the system can access past communication target folders, but the device complexity and memory requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts folder relation information from the service provision server or communication device and stores it in a separate database. This separation allows the system to access past communication target folders without increasing the complexity or memory requirements of the original systems, as the database independently manages the historical information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a separate database as an intermediary component between the service provision server and communication devices. This database mediates the storage and retrieval of folder relation information, enabling access to past communication targets without requiring the original systems to maintain this data locally, thus reducing their complexity.
2Speed
If folder relation information is stored locally on communication devices, then quick access to past folders is possible, but memory load on devices with limited capacity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the storage function of folder relation information from communication devices with limited memory capacity and relocates it to a separate database. This allows devices to access past folder information quickly through database retrieval without bearing the memory load of storing this information locally.
Solution Approach 2:
The separate database serves as a universal storage solution that can be accessed by multiple communication devices simultaneously. This multi-functional approach allows any device to access folder relation information without each device needing its own local storage, optimizing memory usage across the entire system.
3Loss of information
If the service provision server stores folder relation information, then comprehensive folder data is available, but the server complexity and data management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the data management burden of folder relation information from the service provision server and places it in a separate database. This separation maintains comprehensive folder data availability while reducing the server's complexity, as the database independently handles the storage and retrieval operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the system into distinct functional components: the service provision server handles service logic, communication devices handle user interaction, and a separate database handles folder relation information storage. This segmentation allows each component to focus on its specific function, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining data availability.
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AI summary
A relay server configured to relay service provision from a service provision server to a communication apparatus. The relay server is configured to perform receiving, in a case that a predetermined instruction is provided to the communication apparatus, a request for specific screen data from the communication apparatus, receiving, in a case that the request for the specific screen data is received, first folder relation information related to a first folder, which is a target folder of past data communication, from a database separately configured from the service provision server and the communication apparatus, generating the specific screen data by which a folder name of the first folder received by using the first folder relation information is preferentially displayed on the communication apparatus, and supplying the generated specific screen data to the communication apparatus.