Collaborative Board Data Mapping for Adaptive Workflow Interfaces

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current project management software applications are inefficient in managing complex operations across multiple employees and departments, lacking dynamic customization and integration of tools based on user-specific needs and activities.

Innovation Solution

A dynamically changeable operating system for workflow environments that associates user IDs with workflow management accounts, customizes interfaces based on touch points, and adjusts settings dynamically to provide relevant tools and solutions, enabling real-time interaction and efficient data management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If project management software provides fixed, standardized interfaces and tools, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but adaptability to different user needs and activities deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidadaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically customizes the user interface and available tools based on monitored user activities and touch points. The interface transitions from a static, fixed layout to a dynamic one that automatically reconfigures itself according to the user's current context, recent actions, and preferences, thereby simultaneously maintaining ease of operation and achieving adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors user activities and touch points as feedback inputs, then uses this feedback to automatically adjust and customize the interface and tool selections. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables the system to adapt to user needs without requiring manual reconfiguration, resolving the contradiction between standardized interfaces and personalized adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system monitors and tracks user activities extensively, then adaptability and customization improve, but loss of time for data collection and processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoidloss of time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and categorizing user activities as they occur, preparing the data in advance for future customization decisions. This preliminary organization of activity data reduces the time required for real-time analysis and enables faster adaptation without significant time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system serves itself by automatically monitoring, analyzing, and applying customization rules without requiring external intervention or manual data collection. The automated self-service approach minimizes time loss by eliminating manual processes and enabling real-time adaptation through autonomous system operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system provides comprehensive customization options and tools, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by providing customization and tool availability at the local level of individual user contexts rather than globally across all users. Each user receives a tailored interface and tool set based on their specific activities and needs, achieving high adaptability without requiring the entire system to become complex. The complexity is localized to individual user experiences rather than the overall system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11501256B2Digital processing systems and methods for data visualization extrapolation engine for item extraction and mapping in collaborative work systems
Publication Date: 2022.11.15 MONDAY COM LTD
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for extrapolating information display visualizations are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve maintaining a board with a plurality of items, each item defined by a row of cells, and wherein each cell is configured to contain data and is associated with a column heading; linking at least a first column to at least a second column so that a change in data in a cell of the at least first column causes a change in data of a cell in the at least second column; receiving a first selection of a particular item from the board, wherein the particular item includes a plurality of cells with data in each cell, and wherein data in a first cell of the plurality of cells is linked to data in a second cell of the plurality of cells; upon receipt of the first selection.