Surveying Device Group Data Distribution for Remote Configuration Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for updating and distributing data across rented high-precision surveying equipment are labor-intensive, error-prone, and costly, especially when dealing with multiple devices that require precise configuration and maintenance information, and existing electronic solutions are cumbersome and inefficient due to size, power consumption, and limited functionality.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing electronic communication units with Near Field Communication, wireless connections, or low-power networks to exchange and display configuration data across devices, enabling remote data updates, license key management, and maintenance scheduling, even on devices with limited resources, without significantly increasing size or power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional labels are used for each rental transaction, then rental information can be displayed on devices, but the cost and time for labeling each device separately becomes extremely high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple device identifiers into a single group identifier that represents an entire group of devices. Instead of individually labeling each device with separate rental information, the system creates one group label that collectively identifies all devices in the group, thereby reducing the time and cost of the labeling process while maintaining information display capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The group identifier serves multiple functions: it identifies the entire group of devices, stores rental transaction information, and can be used across all devices in the group simultaneously. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate individual labels on each device, reducing both time and cost while preserving information accessibility.
2Extent of automation
If e-labels with wireless units and computational capacity are used for central updates, then data can be updated remotely, but the e-labels become large, heavy, and consume large amounts of electric energy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the computational capacity and wireless communication functionality from the individual device labels and relocates these functions to a central server system. The labels themselves become simple storage devices that hold group identifiers, while all complex processing, decryption, and update operations are performed remotely on the server, thereby eliminating the need for energy-consuming components in the labels.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a central server as an intermediary between the rental management system and the device labels. The server handles all complex operations including data encryption, decryption, validation, and update transmission, while the labels serve only as simple identifiers. This intermediary approach enables remote updates without requiring the labels to have their own computational or communication capabilities.
3Ease of operation
If manual updating of rental contract data in individual devices is performed, then configuration and license keys can be distributed, but the process becomes labor-intensive and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-grouping devices into identifiable groups and pre-configuring group identifiers before the rental transaction occurs. When a rental transaction takes place, the system simply attaches the appropriate group identifier to the pre-formed group of devices, eliminating the need for manual, device-by-device configuration during the rental process. This preliminary organization dramatically increases updating speed while reducing errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses the group identifier as a template or copy that can be simultaneously applied to multiple devices in the group. Instead of manually configuring each device individually, the system creates one master configuration tied to the group identifier and automatically replicates it across all devices in the group, thereby increasing productivity while maintaining configuration accuracy.
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AI summary
A system and method for distributing data for a group of at least two electronic devices, wherein each of the devices has an electronic communication unit, each of which is designed for exchanging internal data among one another, wherein at least one of the communication units has a receiver unit which is designed for receiving external data from an external computer unit, has an arithmetic unit using an algorithm, wherein the algorithm is designed, based on the external data, to generate configuration data as internal data, and is designed to transmit the configuration data to at least one other communication unit of the system, and has a digital display device for the visual display of information for a user, wherein the display device is designed to display information which is updated based on the configuration data.