Business Object Ranking via Reference Mapping

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional search engines are unable to effectively calculate ranking values for business objects due to their complexity, which involves multiple references and attributes, unlike plain documents.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method that determines a number of references value for business objects, maps this value into a document structure, indexes it for search engines, and calculates a ranking value based on the number of references, considering attributes and object types to provide relevance for search queries.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional search engines are used to search business objects, then the search process is simple and fast, but the ranking accuracy is insufficient because business objects have complex structures with multiple references and attributes that conventional engines cannot handle

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveranking accuracyVSAvoidsearch system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary component that converts complex business objects into a simplified document structure. This intermediary transformation layer allows conventional search engines to process business objects by mapping their attributes and references into a format that preserves the complexity information while maintaining compatibility with standard search engine architectures, thereby improving ranking accuracy without requiring complete system redesign

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms the representation parameters of business objects by converting them into a document structure with specific fields. This parameter transformation includes mapping business object attributes to document fields and representing reference relationships in a standardized format, enabling accurate ranking while maintaining system compatibility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If the search system considers multiple references and attributes of business objects, then the ranking accuracy improves, but the processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveranking accuracyVSAvoidsearch processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-converting business objects into document structure during indexing. This advance transformation includes pre-calculating and storing reference counts and attribute mappings in a standardized format, so that during actual search operations, the system can quickly retrieve and process pre-prepared data without performing complex calculations in real-time, thus maintaining high ranking accuracy while reducing search processing time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8775443B2Ranking of business objects for search engines
Publication Date: 2014.07.08 SAP SE
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AI summary

Computer-implemented methods, systems and products are provided for calculating a ranking value for business objects. Creating the ranking value for business objects may comprise calculating the number of references a business object is referenced to, mapping the business object together with the number of references of the business object into a document structure, and providing a ranking value according to the number of references.