Service Adaptor for Home Appliance Association Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for associating operations between home appliances and servers connected to a network are limited in their ability to customize operations according to user needs, as they are restricted by the system's self-generation capabilities, leading to unsatisfactory user experiences due to limited combinations of pre-prepared operations.
Innovation Solution
An association control apparatus that specifies an association template based on user instructions, searches for operation information, describes specific operation details, and controls appliance operations, incorporating an operation description conversion unit to adapt different service types and convert operation descriptions, thereby expanding the range of customizable operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the system automatically generates association paths using pre-prepared operations, then the ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability deteriorates because the range of generable operations is limited to the system's self-generation capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service adaptor as an intermediary component that mediates between the association template and the operation information. The service adaptor converts operation descriptions from different service types into a standardized format, enabling the system to handle diverse services without expanding its core self-generation capability. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining automatic generation ease while expanding adaptability through the intermediary conversion layer.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter representation by introducing service types and conversion descriptors that map different service parameters to a standardized operation format. By transforming operation descriptions through parameter conversion rather than expanding the fundamental generation mechanism, the system achieves broader service coverage while maintaining the simplicity of automatic path generation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system extracts services applicable to the association template, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the need for service extraction and conversion mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The service adaptor is designed with multi-functionality, serving as a universal conversion layer that handles multiple service types through a single standardized interface. Rather than creating separate extraction and conversion mechanisms for each service type, the universal adaptor reduces device complexity by consolidating these functions into one component that can adapt to various services through parameter conversion.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conversion descriptors are used to adapt different service types, then the adaptability is improved, but the loss of information increases due to the conversion process
Solution Approach 1:
The service adaptor creates a standardized copy of the operation description that preserves the essential meaning and functionality while adapting the format. Rather than losing information during conversion, the adaptor generates an equivalent representation in the target service type's language, maintaining the core operational intent while changing the external form to fit different service interfaces.
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AI summary
An service association system including, an “association template” in which service association details are described is prepared in advance; an actual service adaptable to a template instructed by a user is extracted; a specific association operation description is generated by adapting the actual service instructed by the user to the template; and the service is operated in association. As the result, it becomes possible to construct a service association system in which different services can be automatically adapted to the template in addition to the service which simply adapted to the template.