Automation system and method

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for defining a data description model and a function description model for one or more of a plurality of machine-accessible public computing platforms on a cloud-based computing resource; processing a complex task on the cloud-based computing resource to define a plurality of discrete tasks each having a discrete goal; and executing the plurality of discrete tasks on the plurality of machine-accessible public computing platforms via the cloud-based computing resource.

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RELATED APPLICATION(S)[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 63 / 048,598 filed on 6 Jul. 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]This disclosure relates to automation systems and methods and, more particularly, to automation systems and methods that automatically process online web resources.BACKGROUND[0003]Conventional machine-to-machine communication is generally defined by specific communication protocols across various application, transport, and Internet layers (e.g., Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Internet Protocol (IP), etc.). However, for online web resources, communication between machines is generally limited to application programming interfaces (APIs) preprogrammed for particular purposes, and the presentation of webpages on a browser designed for a human user to navigate and perform operations thereon. Unfortunately, APIs are not standardi...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a method for processing a complex task on a cloud-based computing resource by defining a data description model and a function description model for one or more machine-accessible public computing platforms. The method involves defining a plurality of discrete tasks each with a discrete goal and executing them on the cloud-based computing resource. The method can also include determining if any of the discrete tasks failed to achieve their goal and replacing the failed task with a substitute task. The technical effects of this patent include improved efficiency and flexibility in processing complex tasks on a cloud-based computing resource by automating the process of defining and executing discrete tasks.

Problems solved by technology

However, for online web resources, communication between machines is generally limited to application programming interfaces (APIs) preprogrammed for particular purposes, and the presentation of webpages on a browser designed for a human user to navigate and perform operations thereon.

Unfortunately, APIs are not standardized and are human-designed / coded for particular purposes, and websites are written to display a browser for human interpretability; not machine interpretability.

Accordingly, conventional approaches to processing web resources and APIs do not allow machines to “learn” how to communicate with one another without human intervention.

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