Unified Message Management System for Multi-Platform Convergence

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional messaging systems require each application to carry its own service modules, leading to conflicts, reduced communication, and increased redundancy, necessitating frequent retesting and rewriting when new operating systems are introduced, which is inefficient and resource-intensive.

Innovation Solution

The Advanced Messaging Solution (AMS) provides a cloud-based software infrastructure that unifies Web, mobile, and set-top box technologies, enabling multi-screen convergence by processing messages in various formats and transmitting them across different networks, supporting proprietary data formats and protocols, and allowing for real-time application generation and custom business logic modules.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If each application carries its own service modules, then application functionality is maintained, but system redundancy increases and memory consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication functionalityVSAvoidredundancy
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges service modules from multiple applications into a shared common service module that can be utilized by all applications. This eliminates redundant code and memory consumption while maintaining the functionality each application needs, directly resolving the contradiction between maintaining application functionality and reducing system redundancy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The common service module is designed to provide universal services that can be accessed by multiple applications simultaneously. This multi-functional module replaces numerous individual service modules, reducing overall system redundancy while ensuring each application retains its required functionality through shared access to the common module.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If each application carries its own service modules, then application independence is maintained, but communication between applications is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication independenceVSAvoidcommunication between applications
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The common service module acts as an intermediary that facilitates communication and data sharing between applications. Instead of applications needing direct communication channels, they can interact through the common service module, which manages data exchange and coordination, thereby improving inter-application communication while preserving application independence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If applications are rewritten for new operating systems, then conformance with new systems is achieved, but development time and resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconformance with operating system versionsVSAvoidretesting and rewriting time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts operating system-specific service modules from applications and places them in a separate, updatable common service module. This allows the core application logic to remain unchanged while only the specific service modules need to be updated for new operating systems, significantly reducing development and retesting time when migrating to new systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

4Ease of manufacture

If a unified message management system is implemented, then integration effort is reduced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintegration effortVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The unified message management system is segmented into distinct functional components including message reception modules, processing modules, and transmission modules. This modular architecture manages system complexity by organizing functions into separate, manageable units while still providing unified message management across multiple applications and platforms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9037667B2Unified message management method and system
Publication Date: 2015.05.19 DEVONBOX D B A ZODIAC INTERACTIVE
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AI summary

The proposed Advanced Messaging Solution (AMS) provides a non-intrusive cloud-based software application infrastructure through which MSOs and Service Providers can unify Web, mobile and set-top box device technologies with Enterprise and 3rd party services, as well as Web/Internet Applications.