Virtual Relay Data Logging for Memory-Constrained Participant Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems face inefficiencies due to excessive memory consumption during online relay competitions, leading to reduced responsiveness and potential inaccuracies that can negatively impact participants and organizers.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that includes a database configured to store participant data only if they complete a predetermined distance within a time window, using a processor to determine eligibility and send electronic communications to subsequent participants, thereby conserving memory and enhancing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If participant data is stored in the database regardless of completion status, then all participant information is preserved, but memory space is excessively consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and stores only the essential participant data (distance and time) when completion criteria are met, while discarding unnecessary data for incomplete participants. This selective extraction reduces memory consumption while preserving critical competition information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the storage parameter from unconditional data preservation to conditional storage based on completion status. By modifying the storage criterion from 'store all data' to 'store only completed data', the system optimizes memory usage while maintaining competition integrity.
2Reliability
If large volumes of data are stored in the centralized database, then complete participant records are maintained, but system responsiveness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary data for competition validation (distance and time measurements) rather than storing complete participant records. This selective data extraction maintains system responsiveness by reducing the data volume processed and stored in the centralized database.
Solution Approach 2:
The system discards unnecessary participant data that does not meet completion criteria, while recovering and storing only the essential completion information. This approach maintains reliable competition records while reducing overall data volume to improve system responsiveness.
3Productivity
If all participant data is recorded regardless of completion status, then comprehensive records are maintained, but processing efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and processes only the essential completion data (distance and time) for participants who meet the criteria, rather than processing all participant records. This selective extraction significantly improves processing efficiency by reducing the volume of data that requires validation and storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the processing parameter from universal data recording to selective recording based on completion status. By modifying the processing criterion to 'process only completed participants', the system achieves higher productivity while maintaining accurate competition records.
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AI summary
A system and method for determining when relay participant data is to be stored in a database in order to conserve memory space in the database. The method includes logging a participant as completing a designated leg if the participant completed the designated predetermined leg distance within the predetermined time window, the logging including recording data into the database regarding a distance and time the participant completed the designated leg, otherwise not recording the participant's data in the database if either the predetermined distance was not completed, or the predetermined distance was not completed within the predetermined time window. Upon determining that the participant successfully completed the predetermined distance within the predetermined time window, the method includes notifying the next participant on the relay team that their time window has commenced to complete their predetermined distance.