Equipment Asset Replication Across Isolated Backend Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing equipment management networks face challenges in efficiently and securely sharing data objects across multiple backend systems, as these systems are often isolated, hindering collaboration among entities involved in the lifecycle of equipment such as manufacturers, operators, and service providers.
Innovation Solution
An integrated equipment management network framework that connects on-premise ERP systems and cloud-based services, enabling unified visibility and access to data objects, with mechanisms for secure replication and synchronization of data objects across systems, using APIs and event notifications to maintain correlated identifiers and external IDs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple backend systems are kept isolated for security and system independence, then system reliability is improved, but data sharing efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an intermediary data exchange mechanism that enables secure communication between isolated backend systems. This intermediary layer allows data objects to be shared across system boundaries while maintaining the isolation and security of individual systems, thus resolving the contradiction between system reliability and data sharing efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments data sharing into controlled transactions between isolated systems. By dividing the data exchange process into discrete, manageable units with defined protocols, the system maintains isolation while enabling efficient data sharing, thus resolving the contradiction between system independence and collaboration needs.
2Productivity
If data objects are shared across multiple backend systems, then collaboration efficiency is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal data object structure that can be used across multiple different backend systems. This standardized format allows data to be shared and understood by diverse systems without requiring complex custom integration logic for each system pair, thus reducing overall system complexity while improving collaboration efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses parameter-based data object definitions that can be adapted to different systems through configuration rather than structural changes. This allows the same data object framework to work across multiple systems with varying requirements, simplifying the integration architecture while enabling efficient collaboration.
3Reliability
If secure data sharing mechanisms are implemented across isolated systems, then data security is improved, but implementation complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service security mechanisms where data objects automatically include security metadata and access control information. This allows secure data sharing to be handled automatically by the systems themselves without requiring complex external security management infrastructure, thus improving data security while reducing implementation complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method including generating a representation of an object associated with an equipment in an equipment management network, including associating a first identifier for the object in the equipment management network and specifying a first service integrated with the equipment management network to associate with the object; automatically transmitting an event notification from the equipment management network to the first service to inform the first service of the object in the equipment management network; receiving, from the first service, an indication of an external identifier associated with a replication of the object in the first service; correlating the first identifier associated with the object with the external identifier associated with the replication of the object in the first service; and storing a record of the correlation in a data store of the equipment management network.