Storage Device Selection for Offline Data Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data transmission methods face challenges of network load and increased costs due to the need for additional communication facilities and high-speed channels, especially when transmitting data across long distances without a pre-installed communication network.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that selects a storage device to be moved between two locations based on travel information, allowing data to be stored and transported using a user or vehicle, thereby reducing network load and costs by avoiding the use of high-speed channels for data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If data is transmitted over a network across long distances, then data transmission can be achieved instantly, but an enormous load is placed on the network causing band shortage and transmission delay
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the electromagnetic signal transmission system (network communication) with a physical transport system. Instead of transmitting data bits through optical cables or wireless networks, the invention physically transports storage devices containing data from source to destination, substituting electronic communication infrastructure with mechanical transport infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts data from the network transmission domain and places it into the physical transport domain. By copying data to portable storage devices and physically moving these devices, the system removes the data transmission burden from the network infrastructure, effectively taking out the transmission load from the problematic network system.
2Reliability
If additional network communication facilities such as submarine optical cables are installed to solve band shortage, then data transmission capacity increases, but facility cost and data transmission cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes expensive electronic communication infrastructure (submarine optical cables, high-capacity network facilities) with relatively inexpensive physical transport infrastructure. By using existing transport networks (airlines, shipping, logistics) to move storage devices, the system avoids the enormous capital expenditure required for expanding network communication capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates copies of data on portable storage devices that can be physically transported. Instead of transmitting the same data bits across expensive network infrastructure, the system copies data to transportable media and moves the physical copies, thereby avoiding repeated use of costly network facilities.
3Reliability
If a storage medium is physically transported to transmit data in an environment without communication network, then data transport is achieved, but a higher cost is required for communication facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the need for communication facilities with a pure mechanical transport system. By physically moving storage devices containing data from source to destination, the invention eliminates the requirement for communication infrastructure entirely, using only transport infrastructure which is already widely available and cost-effective.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus 100 is configured to include a selection unit 110 configured to select a storage device to be moved from a first place associated with a first storage device to a second place associated with a second storage device connected with the first storage device over a network, based on travel information 120 including the origin and the destination of the storage device. The storage device is selected as a third storage device to be used for storing transport target data stored in the first storage device and transporting the data to the second storage device.