Short-Range Wireless Data Evaluation System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing communication systems face challenges in allowing users to obtain evaluations of their data from other users in a simple and efficient manner, particularly in a short-distance wireless communication context, where users may not be able to easily receive evaluations from others within their region.

Innovation Solution

A communication system with information processing apparatuses that automatically search for and establish short-distance wireless communication with other devices, transmit data, receive evaluations, and generate evaluation data, allowing users to automatically receive evaluations of their data without complex configuration, using transmission, reception, and evaluation data generation means.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a server-based evaluation system is used to allow users to obtain evaluations of their data, then comprehensive evaluation results can be obtained from various users, but the system configuration becomes complex and requires server infrastructure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomprehensive evaluation resultsVSAvoidsystem configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the evaluation system from the server-based architecture and implements it directly in the terminal devices. Each terminal device independently performs evaluation functions locally, eliminating the need for complex server infrastructure while maintaining the ability to obtain comprehensive evaluations from multiple users through direct peer-to-peer communication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal devices are equipped with automatic evaluation acquisition functions that enable them to independently search for, connect to, and receive evaluations from other terminals without requiring server-mediated processes. This self-service capability simplifies the overall system configuration while maintaining reliable evaluation collection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If automatic short-distance wireless communication is implemented to transmit data between terminals, then users can receive evaluations in their own apparatus through simple configuration, but the automatic establishment and management of wireless connections becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomatic evaluation receptionVSAvoidwireless communication management
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal devices incorporate automatic connection establishment functions that enable them to independently search for other terminals, initiate wireless communication, and manage connection states without user intervention. This self-service approach handles the complexity of wireless communication management internally while presenting a simple interface to users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically searching for and establishing connections with other terminals before data transmission is needed. This pre-establishment of communication channels simplifies the overall operation as devices are already connected and ready for evaluation exchange when data needs to be transmitted.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8688042B2Communication system, computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon information processing program, information processing method, information processing apparatus, and information processing system
Publication Date: 2014.04.01 NINTENDO CO LTD
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AI summary

Another information processing apparatus in a communicable range of a short-distance wireless communication is repeatedly searched for, wireless communication is automatically established therewith, data is automatically transmitted to the other information processing apparatus with which the wireless communication has been established, and data transmitted from the other information processing apparatus is automatically received. Then, based on an operation by a user, evaluation data is generated which indicates an evaluation by the user with respect to the data content indicated by the received data. Further, the transmission source of the data which has become a target of the evaluation indicated by the evaluation data is specified and the generated evaluation data is transmitted to the transmission source.