Centralized Service Logic Deployment for Platform-Independent Content

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional content development and deployment tools are limited by requiring content to be developed for specific device platforms and service providers, leading to a restricted market and high development costs due to the need for separate content creation for each combination of platforms and providers.

Innovation Solution

A centralized environment manages services for a service provider by deploying logic to devices in proximity, using application tools for service exposure, device abstraction, and cloud storage to enable platform-independent content development and deployment across multiple service providers and devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If content is developed for a particular device platform and service provider, then the content can be deployed using that specific service, but the market size is severely diminished and development costs increase due to needing separate content for each combination

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent development easeVSAvoidmarket reach
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal content development approach where content is created once in a platform-independent manner and can be deployed across multiple device platforms and service providers. The system uses a centralized environment that manages service provider logic and deploys it to various devices, enabling single content to serve multiple markets without requiring separate development for each platform combination.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a centralized environment as an intermediary between content developers and diverse device platforms. This intermediary manages the complexity of multiple service providers and device variations, allowing developers to create content without directly dealing with platform-specific constraints. The centralized environment handles the adaptation and deployment logic, mediating between the universal content and specific platform requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If separate content is developed for each combination of device platforms and service providers, then the content can be optimized for each specific service, but the development and marketing costs become prohibitively high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice compatibilityVSAvoiddevelopment efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables a single content development process to produce content that is compatible with multiple service providers and device platforms simultaneously. By using a universal development environment that abstracts away platform-specific details, the system maintains service compatibility across different providers while dramatically improving development efficiency and reducing costs.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the content deployment system into a centralized management environment and multiple target devices/platforms. This segmentation allows the development process to be separated from the deployment targets, enabling content to be developed once and then distributed to multiple platforms through the centralized environment's management logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If content is developed for multiple device platforms simultaneously, then the market reach is expanded, but the complexity of managing different platform requirements increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveplatform coverageVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The centralized environment acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity of multiple platform requirements. It provides a unified interface for content developers while handling the intricate details of deploying content across different device platforms and service providers, thereby expanding platform coverage without increasing the perceived complexity for developers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a universal content format and deployment mechanism that works across multiple device platforms. By creating a platform-agnostic content representation and using a centralized management system that handles platform-specific adaptations, the system achieves broad platform coverage while maintaining manageable system complexity.

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

Data Source

PatentUS10097426B1System, method, and computer program for managing services for a service provider at a device within proximity to a location of the service provider, utilizing logic of a centralized environment
Publication Date: 2018.10.09 AMDOCS DEV LTD
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AI summary

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for managing services for a service provider at a device within proximity to a location of the service provider, utilizing logic of a centralized environment. In use, at least one real-time service managed for a service provider by a centralized environment is identified. Furthermore, logic of the centralized environment for the management of the at least one real-time service is deployed to at least one device within a predetermined proximity to a location of the service provider.