Audit Workflow Blocks for Scalable Revenue Data Normalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Content owners face challenges in efficiently and scalably auditing revenue from multiple distribution partners due to complex contractual agreements and varying data formats, leading to difficulties in determining appropriate royalty payments.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for creating and executing audits using a non-transitory computer-readable medium with executable instructions to automate the process, including blocks for data input, modification, and output, enabling data normalization, filtering, aggregation, and reporting to facilitate scalable and repeatable audits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual auditing methods are used with auditors collecting and analyzing documents, then audit accuracy can be maintained, but the difficulty and complexity in determining audit results increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical auditing process with an automated computer-based system. The system automatically collects data from multiple sources, normalizes varying data formats, applies audit logic, and generates results without manual intervention. This substitution reduces audit process complexity while maintaining accuracy through consistent automated application of audit criteria.
Solution Approach 2:
The auditing system performs self-service by automatically executing the entire audit process without requiring auditor intervention for data collection, analysis, or report generation. The system ingests data, applies normalization rules, executes audit logic, and produces results autonomously, eliminating the complexity of manual document handling and analysis.
2Measurement precision
If manual auditing processes are employed, then detailed analysis can be performed, but the productivity and speed of determining audit results decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces slow manual analysis with automated computer processing. The automated system can ingest, normalize, and analyze revenue data from multiple distribution partners simultaneously, applying audit logic at machine speed while maintaining precise calculation of royalties and revenue shares through consistent mathematical operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The auditing system enables continuous automated processing of revenue data without the interruptions inherent in manual auditing. The system can continuously ingest data, apply normalization and audit logic, and generate results in an unbroken workflow, significantly increasing productivity while maintaining analytical precision through uninterrupted processing.
3Measurement precision
If traditional manual auditing methods are used, then individual audit cases can be thoroughly examined, but the system cannot scale to numerous distribution partners
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal auditing system that handles multiple distribution partners through a single platform. The system ingests data from various sources, applies consistent normalization rules to varying data formats, and executes audit logic across all partners simultaneously. This universal approach maintains thorough analysis through standardized audit criteria while scaling to any number of distribution partners.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the auditing process into distinct automated components: data ingestion from multiple partners, normalization of varying formats, application of audit logic, and result generation. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific tasks efficiently, enabling the system to scale to numerous partners while maintaining thorough analysis through consistent processing of each segment.
4Reliability
If auditors manually organize and analyze documents, then comprehensive review can be achieved, but the time required to complete audits increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces time-consuming manual document organization and analysis with automated computer processing. The system automatically ingests documents, extracts relevant data, normalizes formats, and applies audit logic without manual intervention, achieving comprehensive review through systematic automated processing while reducing completion time to minutes or hours instead of days or weeks.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated system maintains continuous processing of audit data without the breaks and delays inherent in manual reviewing. Data flows continuously through ingestion, normalization, analysis, and result generation, achieving complete audit review through uninterrupted processing while dramatically reducing the time from data receipt to audit completion.
Data Source
AI summary
An example method includes receiving requests to create an audit and a process for the audit. Input, modification and output blocks are provided for display and selection. Blocks are selected and configuration information is provided for the block. The selected blocks are added to the process. A request to execute the process is received. Input audit data specified by configuration information for an input block is received, and modifications specified by configuration information for modification blocks are applied to the input audit data to produce output audit data. The output audit data is stored according to configuration information for an output block. The output audit data may be provided for display.