Automated Insight Generation from Document Trees

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods for generating insights from organizational documents are expensive, time-consuming, and subjective, relying on human experts who are limited in processing diverse data and prone to inconsistency.

Innovation Solution

An automated approach that transforms documents into structured tree-like objects, applies rules to extract insight elements, and uses machine-learning models to generate objective insights, enabling scalable and repeatable analysis of organizational data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If human experts are used to generate insights from organizational documents, then the insights can be nuanced and contextually understood, but the process becomes expensive, time-consuming, and subjective

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinsight accuracyVSAvoidanalysis time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of human expert analysis with an automated computational system that uses natural language processing, machine learning models, and structured data processing to generate insights from organizational documents, thereby eliminating the time and cost constraints of human analysis while maintaining objective consistency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a digital copy of the expert analysis process through automated systems that replicate insight generation capabilities using algorithms and machine learning models trained on organizational data, allowing multiple documents to be analyzed simultaneously without additional time or cost

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If human experts analyze documents to derive insights, then contextual understanding is achieved, but consistency and repeatability are compromised due to subjectivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontextual understandingVSAvoidconsistency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the analysis process by changing parameters from subjective human judgment to objective computational metrics, using structured data extraction, standardized parsing rules, and machine learning models that produce consistent, repeatable results while maintaining adaptability to different document types and organizational contexts

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Loss of information

If conventional manual methods are used for insight generation, then deep analysis is possible, but scalability is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanalysis depthVSAvoidscalability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the document analysis process into distinct computational stages including text extraction, structured data parsing, insight element identification, and model-based insight generation, allowing each segment to be optimized independently and enabling parallel processing of multiple documents to achieve scalability without sacrificing analysis depth

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal automated analysis system that can process multiple types of organizational documents (financial reports, operational reports, strategic plans) using the same core methodology and machine learning models, enabling scalable analysis across diverse data types and organizational functions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11500885B2Generation of insights based on automated document analysis
Publication Date: 2022.11.15 INTUIT INC
  • US11500885B2 patent drawing
  • US11500885B2 patent drawing
  • US11500885B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for generating an insight, comprising: receiving a request to generate an insight for a document from a user associated with the document; receiving the document; generating a tree based on the document; parsing the tree based on a set of rules to generate a set of results associated with the tree; mapping the set of results to a subset of insight elements of a set of insight elements associated with a set of trees including the tree; providing, to a first machine-learning model, the subset of insight elements; receiving, from the first machine-learning model, an insight for the document based on the subset of insight elements; and returning the insight for the document to the user.