VR Network Error Detection via Virtual Object Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems fail to detect network errors caused by conflicting device configurations and settings in computer networks due to their inability to dynamically represent how different network elements interact with each other, leading to issues like degraded performance and security weaknesses.
Innovation Solution
A network error detection system that transforms network information into virtual objects displayed in a virtual reality environment, allowing users to visually identify issues based on physical attributes and interactions within the virtual space, enabling the detection of configuration errors and facilitating troubleshooting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional systems use tables or charts to represent network information, then the system complexity is low, but the ability to detect network errors caused by conflicting device configurations is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms traditional two-dimensional table representations of network information into three-dimensional virtual reality visualizations. This dimensional transition enables users to perceive network device configurations, data flows, and error conditions from multiple spatial angles, revealing relationships and conflicts that are invisible in flat tabular formats. The 3D virtual environment allows simultaneous viewing of multiple network parameters and their interrelationships, dramatically improving error detection capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a virtual reality system as an intermediary layer between the raw network data and the user. This intermediary transforms complex network configuration data into intuitive virtual representations, where conflicting device settings and errors manifest as visible anomalies in the virtual environment. The VR intermediary makes invisible network relationships perceivable, enabling users to detect configuration errors without directly analyzing complex raw data.
2Loss of information
If conventional systems aggregate and process network information using traditional data structures, then the processing speed is fast, but the ability to dynamically represent relationships between network elements is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional data tables to three-dimensional virtual representations, where network elements and their relationships are spatially positioned. This dimensional enhancement preserves complete relationship information between network elements by visually encoding connections, dependencies, and interactions in three-dimensional space, making relationship data loss impossible while maintaining manageable complexity through intuitive visualization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic virtual representations that automatically update as network conditions change. Unlike static tables that require manual refreshing, the virtual reality system continuously adapts to reflect real-time network state changes, maintaining accurate relationship information between elements without requiring complex manual data structure management. The dynamic nature of the VR environment inherently preserves relationship integrity.
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If conventional systems use static data structures to represent network configuration, then the ease of operation is high, but the ability to identify and locate network errors is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color-coding in the virtual reality environment to indicate different network states and error conditions. Network devices, data flows, and configuration parameters are represented with color variations that immediately signal their operational status. Error conditions manifest as distinct color anomalies, enabling users to quickly locate and identify problems without complex analysis, maintaining operational simplicity while dramatically improving error detection capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds spatial dimensionality to network error detection, allowing users to navigate and inspect network configurations from multiple angles in a virtual environment. This spatial perspective enables intuitive location and identification of errors by visually separating conflicting elements in three-dimensional space, making error detection as simple as visual inspection while preserving ease of operation through natural navigation.
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AI summary
The device that includes a normalization engine configured to populate data fields in a normalized data structure with network information in accordance with normalization rules. The device further includes a virtualization engine configured to generate virtual data defining one or more virtual objects in accordance with virtualization rules that map data fields from the normalized data structure to physical attributes of virtual objects and to transmit the virtual data defining the one or more virtual objects for display on a user device. The virtualization engine is further configured to receive user feedback that identifies a selected virtual object, to identify data field values in the normalized data structure for the physical attributes of the selected virtual object, and to generate an error report comprising at least a portion of the identified data fields values. The virtualization engine is further configured to send the error report to the user device.