Address Book Feeding Module for Expecting Business Entities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users are limited to existing businesses when accessing information through electronic address books, as they cannot easily incorporate data from both existing and expecting businesses, and lack features for notifications and statistical updates.
Innovation Solution
A feeding module within the address book that searches both existing and expecting business sources, allowing users to manually or automatically add contacts, provides notifications, and compiles statistical data for owners of expecting businesses, using public and private sources accessible based on user authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users access existing business entities through electronic address books, then they can obtain business information, but they are limited to existing businesses and cannot easily incorporate expecting businesses
Solution Approach 1:
The address book system is enhanced to perform multiple functions: it not only stores existing business contacts but also captures, stores, and notifies about expecting businesses. The feeding module universally handles both existing and expecting entity data from multiple sources, making the system adaptable to different business states.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing expecting business information before these businesses become operational. The feeding module proactively searches for and stores expecting entities in advance, and the notification system alerts users when these expecting businesses transition to existing operations, allowing users to be prepared in advance.
2Ease of operation
If the address book only stores existing businesses, then the system remains simple, but users cannot receive notifications or statistical updates about expecting businesses
Solution Approach 1:
The feeding module operates with a degree of autonomy, automatically searching multiple information sources, identifying expecting and existing entities, and populating the address book without requiring manual intervention for each entry. Users can choose manual or automatic mode, but the system provides self-service capabilities for data collection and initial processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The feeding module serves as an intermediary component between multiple information sources and the address book system. It mediates the data flow by collecting information from various sources, processing and filtering the data, and presenting it to the address book in a standardized format, thereby managing complexity centrally.
3Quantity of substance
If the system accesses multiple information sources, then comprehensive business data is available, but the system complexity and data management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The information sources are segmented into distinct categories: existing sources (e.g., Yellow Pages databases) and expecting sources (e.g., business registration databases). The feeding module handles each source type separately with appropriate authentication and data extraction methods, making the complex multi-source system manageable through modular organization.
Data Source
AI summary
A feeding module for an address book includes a processor and a memory. The processor receives at least one search parameter. The processor accesses information sources to find existing entities and expecting entities that match the at least one search parameter. The memory stores the found existing entities and the found expecting entities. The feeding module forwards the found existing entities and the found expecting entities to an address book to be displayed.