Automation Map for Cross-Application Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing software automation technologies require users to install resident applications or modify operating systems on remote computers, making it time-consuming and impractical for large-scale automation of tasks like accounting or financial record preparation, especially when resources are remotely located.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables users to create an automation map to visualize and connect applications and databases, allowing data to be read, written, and stored in a repository, with features like data relationship ranking, categorization, and visualization of connections between applications, facilitating efficient task execution across multiple computers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If resident applications or operating system modifications are installed on remote computers to enable automation, then task automation capability is improved, but installation time and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component (automation agent or service) that runs on the remote computer to mediate between the local workstation and remote resources. This intermediary enables automation without requiring full resident applications or OS modifications, thus reducing installation time while maintaining automation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates portable software processes that can be copied and executed across multiple computers without installation. The automation logic is packaged as portable artifacts that can be transferred and run on target systems, eliminating the need for time-consuming installation procedures while preserving automation functionality.
2Extent of automation
If resident applications are installed on remote computers for automation, then task execution capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the automation system into separate components: a control interface on the local workstation and lightweight agents on remote computers. This segmentation reduces the complexity burden on individual remote systems while maintaining overall system automation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary component (automation agent or service) that runs on the remote computer to mediate between the local workstation and remote resources. This intermediary enables automation without requiring full resident applications or OS modifications, thus reducing installation time while maintaining automation capability.
3Productivity
If local workstation searches and connects to remote resources automatically, then task completion efficiency is improved, but process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring resource identifiers, connection parameters, and automation logic in portable software processes. This allows the local workstation to automatically discover and connect to remote resources without complex real-time decision-making, improving efficiency while managing complexity through advance preparation.
Data Source
AI summary
This invention generally relates to a process, system and computer code for identifying one or more data relationships that exist between and utilized by one or more applications; determining for each data relationship a respective rank based on specific data that associates the two or more user applications; finding applications based on the degree a respective rank has to one or more user applications; categorizing each relationship based on a criteria of the interaction; creating an application wall containing status updates and links to and from other applications related to the one of the one or more user applications; constructing a automation map from the links between the one or more user applications and other applications.