Selective Setting Duplication for Storage Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing duplication processing methods consume extra storage space and are inefficient when dealing with changes in information processing apparatus configurations, as they often clone settings that are not currently used or relevant, leading to resource wastage and compatibility issues with updated hardware.

Innovation Solution

A duplication processing apparatus that extracts and transmits only the necessary settings based on the configuration and settings of the source and target information processing apparatuses, using a module to determine the appropriate settings to duplicate, thereby avoiding the duplication of unused or obsolete settings and ensuring compatibility with changed configurations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If all settings are duplicated regardless of configuration changes, then setting duplication is simple and fast, but extra storage space is consumed and obsolete settings are duplicated

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesetting duplication speedVSAvoidstorage space consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary settings for duplication by comparing configuration information between source and target apparatuses. The extraction unit selectively identifies and extracts settings that are actually needed based on configuration matching, rather than duplicating all settings indiscriminately. This resolves the contradiction by removing unnecessary settings from the duplication process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary comparison of configuration information before duplication to determine which settings should be duplicated. By预先 comparing configurations and identifying matching settings in advance, the system avoids wasting storage space on obsolete settings while maintaining efficient duplication of necessary settings.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Quantity of substance

If configuration comparison is performed before duplication, then storage space is saved by avoiding obsolete settings, but processing time and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage space efficiencyVSAvoidduplication process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the duplication process into distinct functional units: a comparison unit that compares configuration information, an extraction unit that extracts necessary settings, and a duplication unit that performs the actual duplication. This segmentation allows the system to manage complexity through modular design while achieving storage efficiency through selective duplication.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary extraction unit that acts as a bridge between the comparison unit and the duplication unit. This intermediary selectively processes settings based on configuration comparison results, simplifying the overall process by handling the complex logic of determining which settings to duplicate without requiring the entire system to be complex.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If settings are duplicated without configuration verification, then duplication is efficient, but compatibility issues arise with updated hardware

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveduplication efficiencyVSAvoidsettings compatibility

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent makes the duplication process dynamic by adapting it to the actual configuration of the target apparatus. Rather than using a static duplication approach, the system dynamically determines which settings to duplicate based on real-time configuration comparison, ensuring compatibility with updated hardware while maintaining efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback by using configuration comparison results to guide the duplication process. The comparison unit provides feedback about configuration matching, which the extraction unit uses to determine which settings are compatible and should be duplicated, ensuring reliability without sacrificing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11403053B2Duplication processing apparatus, duplication processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Publication Date: 2022.08.02 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

There is provided a duplication processing apparatus includes: an extraction unit configured to, when a setting duplication request is received from a first information processing apparatus, extract a setting to be duplicated to the first information processing apparatus based on a configuration and a setting of the first information processing apparatus and a configuration and a setting of a second information processing apparatus which is different from the first information processing apparatus; and a transmitter configured to transmit the setting extracted by the extraction unit to the first information processing apparatus.