Storage Device Delegating Multimedia Enhancement to Host
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Solution Overview
Problem
Media devices with limited computational power struggle to efficiently store, classify, and enhance large amounts of multimedia content, as existing storage appliances lack the necessary processing capabilities for effective multimedia content organization and enhancement.
Innovation Solution
A system and method where a storage device, such as a NAS, delegates multimedia content enhancement tasks to host devices with higher processing capabilities, allowing for the transmission of content items over a network for enhancement, including adding metadata, improving quality, and organizing content, while utilizing available bandwidth and metadata for efficient storage and retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If storage devices perform content enhancement tasks locally, then processing speed and responsiveness are improved, but device complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex enhancement processing functions from the storage device and relocates them to separate host devices. The storage device maintains only the essential storage and basic coordination functions, while host devices perform the computationally intensive enhancement tasks. This separation resolves the contradiction by removing complexity from the storage device while maintaining fast processing through dedicated enhancement hosts.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces host devices as intermediary components between the storage device and the enhancement processing. These intermediaries handle the complex computational tasks, allowing the storage device to remain simple while still achieving fast enhancement through coordinated processing with the host devices. The intermediary absorbs the computational complexity while enabling rapid processing.
2Manufacturing precision
If content items are transmitted to host devices for enhancement, then enhancement quality and capabilities are improved, but network bandwidth consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements selective transmission where only content items that require enhancement are transmitted to host devices, rather than transmitting all content. The system evaluates each content item and transmits only those that need processing, reducing unnecessary bandwidth consumption while maintaining high enhancement quality for items that require it. This partial action approach optimizes the trade-off between quality and resource usage.
Data Source
AI summary
A method comprises receiving a set of content items comprising a first content item from one or more media devices via a network, transmitting the first content item to a host device for performance of enhancement tasks related to the first content item, receiving a first enhanced content item comprising the first content item and added metadata from the host device, and storing the first content item and the added metadata.