Selective Setting Value Migration from Multiple Backup Sources
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems cannot migrate setting values of only the items desired by users during the migration process, especially when managing backup data for multiple backup source apparatuses, as they migrate all available setting values.
Innovation Solution
A communication system with a management apparatus and communication apparatus that allows users to select and migrate specific setting values from different backup source apparatuses by adding selection item information to the backup data, enabling customizable migration of setting values.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If all available setting values are migrated from backup source apparatuses, then the completeness of data migration is improved, but the ability to migrate only desired setting values deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The backup data is segmented into multiple setting items, each with a unique identification. The migration system allows selective migration by identifying specific setting items through their IDs, enabling users to migrate only the desired settings rather than all settings at once. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by providing both completeness (all settings can be migrated if needed) and selectivity (only specific settings can be migrated by ID).
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs partial migration action by allowing users to specify which setting items to migrate based on their needs. Instead of requiring complete migration of all settings, the system enables migration of only the necessary portion (specific setting items identified by ID), thereby providing selectivity while maintaining the option for complete migration when required.
2Adaptability or versatility
If setting values from multiple backup source apparatuses are migrated to one communication device, then the versatility of the communication device is improved, but the complexity of managing and selecting items from multiple sources deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The management apparatus serves as an intermediary between multiple backup source apparatuses and the communication device. It receives backup data from multiple sources, assigns unique identification to each setting item, and manages the consolidated data. During migration, the communication device interacts with the management apparatus to select and migrate specific setting items from any backup source, simplifying the process and reducing complexity for the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a new dimension of organization by assigning unique identification (ID) to each setting item across different backup sources. This ID-based indexing system allows setting items from multiple apparatuses to be uniformly managed and selected through a common interface, transforming the complex multi-dimensional problem of managing multiple sources into a simpler one-dimensional selection process based on ID.
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AI summary
A communication system that is capable of migrating setting values of different items from respective backup source apparatuses. The communication system includes a management apparatus that manages backup data of first and second backup source apparatuses, and a communication apparatus that communicates with the management apparatus. The management apparatus includes a processor that executes instructions to hold first backup data obtained from the first backup source apparatus, and hold second backup data obtained from the second backup source apparatus. The communication apparatus includes a processor that executes instructions to obtain a first setting value of a first item from the first backup data received from the management apparatus, obtain a second setting value of a second item that is different from the first item from the second backup data received from the management apparatus, and set up the first setting value and the second setting value.