Alimentary Transfer Descriptor Selection Using Categorical Constraints

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Solution Overview

Problem

Efficient routing of alimentary items through network communication is challenging due to issues with timing, speed, and quality, particularly when transferring food items, as existing selection and communication processes often fail to meet ideal solutions.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for selecting an alimentary transfer descriptor using categorical constraints, which involves receiving a request, generating multiple descriptors, and selecting the best one based on attributes and constraints, ensuring optimal transfer processes and compliance with user preferences and dietary requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If multiple alimentary transfer descriptors are generated and evaluated using selection functions, then the accuracy and quality of transfer selection is improved, but the computational complexity and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransfer selection accuracyVSAvoidselection process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the transfer descriptor selection process into distinct modules: descriptor generation module, selection function execution module, and constraint application module. Each module handles specific aspects of the selection process, making the complex overall system more manageable and efficient by dividing the evaluation into smaller, specialized components that can be processed independently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining multiple selection criteria and constraints before the actual transfer selection occurs. The system pre-processes alimentary transfer requests by categorizing them and pre-establishing evaluation metrics, so that when transfer descriptors need to be selected, the evaluation can proceed more efficiently using already-prepared criteria rather than creating them in real-time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If categorical constraints are applied to modify alimentary transfer requests, then compliance with user preferences and dietary requirements is improved, but the processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconstraint complianceVSAvoidrequest processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by implementing constraint checking and modification at specific points in the transfer request processing pipeline, rather than uniformly processing all requests the same way. The system identifies which aspects of a transfer request require categorical constraint modification and applies processing only to those specific elements, leaving other aspects to be handled more quickly without constraint-related overhead.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Manufacturing precision

If multiple attributes and selection criteria are evaluated for each transfer descriptor, then the quality and appropriateness of selected transfers is improved, but the computational resources and processing speed are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransfer matching precisionVSAvoidtransfer processing throughput
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements partial action by evaluating only the most relevant selection criteria and attributes for each specific transfer request, rather than exhaustively checking all possible criteria. The system determines which attributes are necessary to evaluate based on the type of transfer and applies only those evaluations, achieving sufficient matching precision without the computational overhead of comprehensive evaluation of all attributes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS10915581B2Methods and systems for selecting an alimentary transfer descriptor using categorical constraints
Publication Date: 2021.02.09 KPN INNOVATIONS LLC
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AI summary

A system for selecting an alimentary transfer descriptor includes a process selection device configured to receive an alimentary transfer request including at least a description of an alimentary collation and at least a terminal location, provide at least categorical constraint modifying the alimentary transfer request, and transmit a selected alimentary transfer descriptor to a physical performance entity, a descriptor generator module configured to generate a plurality of alimentary transfer descriptors each describing a physical transfer process to be performed by a physical performance entity, an alimentary collation to be provided during a corresponding physical transfer process, and a plurality of attributes, each attribute corresponding to a selection criterion of a plurality of selection criteria, and a selector module designed and configured to select an alimentary transfer descriptor of the plurality of alimentary transfer descriptors by executing a selection function on the plurality of alimentary transfer descriptors.