Smartphone Remote Video Storage via Concurrent Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile phones are limited in recording video data due to their internal storage capacity, even with compression, restricting the size of video files that can be recorded and stored.
Innovation Solution
A method where a smartphone transmits video data to a remote storage server while acquiring additional data, allowing the smartphone to record more video data without being limited by its internal storage, by establishing a connection with the server and sending data packets concurrently with data acquisition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If video data is stored in internal storage device, then video file can be stored for later viewing, but storage space is limited and cannot accommodate large amounts of video data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the storage function from the smartphone by implementing a remote storage system. Video data is transmitted from the smartphone to an external server, separating the recording function from the storage function. This allows the smartphone to store video data in remote locations rather than being constrained by internal storage capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from local storage to remote storage by adding a network dimension to the storage architecture. Instead of storing data only on the device, the system uses cloud-based storage accessible through network connections, effectively expanding storage capacity from the device level to the network level.
2Productivity
If video file size is limited by internal storage capacity, then device complexity remains simple, but productivity is reduced due to limited recording capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote server as an intermediary between the smartphone and the storage medium. The server acts as a mediator that receives video data from the smartphone, manages storage, and provides retrieval capabilities. This intermediary approach allows the smartphone to maintain simplicity while achieving enhanced storage capacity through the server infrastructure.
Data Source
AI summary
An improved technique transmits data acquired with a smartphone to a remote storage server while the smartphone acquires additional data. For example, a user wishing to record a live scene with a smartphone camera establishes a connection with a remote storage server with which the user has an account. Once the connection is established and the user begins recording the live scene, the smartphone generates video data from images of the recorded live scene and places some predetermined amount of acquired video data into a data packet. The smartphone then sends the data packet to the remote storage server over the connection. As the data packet is being sent, the smartphone places another predetermined amount of acquired data. Because the predetermined amount of data is very small, the net amount of data stored is limited by the available space on the remote storage server rather than the local hard drive of the smartphone.