Smart Tile Processor for Platform-Specific Content Conversion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Electronic devices face inefficiencies in processing and bandwidth usage when downloading and converting generic content into platform-specific formats, leading to increased power consumption and bandwidth usage, especially in devices with limited resources or slow connections.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a smart tile processor that converts generic content into platform-specific formats upon request, reducing the need for devices to parse and display unnecessary data, thereby minimizing processing and bandwidth consumption by sending only platform-specific content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If electronic devices download all content in a generic format, then the content can be displayed in various formats, but the device allocates substantial processing resources and bandwidth

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent format compatibilityVSAvoidprocessing resources and bandwidth

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The server performs content conversion in advance by maintaining a repository of content in multiple device-specific formats. When a device requests content, the server identifies the device type and delivers the pre-converted format directly, eliminating the need for the device to perform conversion locally.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The server acts as an intermediary between the content source and the electronic device. It receives generic content, converts it to various device-specific formats, stores these conversions in a repository, and delivers the appropriate format to each device, thereby shielding devices from the complexity of format conversion.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Use of energy by moving object

If content is stored in device-specific formats, then processing resources are reduced, but a designer must make repetitive changes to each specific content format

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprocessing resourcesVSAvoidcontent management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Use of energy by moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server's content repository serves multiple functions: it stores the original generic content, maintains multiple pre-converted device-specific formats, and provides content delivery to various device types. This multi-functional system eliminates the need for designers to manually manage each format while still providing device-specific optimization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9621611B2Providing content in a platform-specific format

Publication Date: 2017.04.11 APPLE INC

AI summary

Systems and methods for transforming and sending generic content into a platform-specific format or receiving pre-transformed platform-specific content. The generic content and platform-specific format includes one or more tiles that are modified as part of the transformation. An electronic device requests content, and a smart tile processor converts the generic content to platform-specific content before sending the platform-specific content to the requesting electronic device.