Code Integrator GUI for Secure Transaction Processing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional human-readable computer code with annotations obscures the flow of executable code, making it difficult for programmers to follow and understand the code's functionality.

Innovation Solution

A graphical user interface (GUI) displays code snippets without annotations alongside their corresponding annotations, allowing programmers to scroll through and customize the code snippets, insert additional code, and preview the customized code to complete transactions securely without exposing sensitive payment information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If annotations are included in code to explain function and usage, then code documentation and understanding are improved, but code readability and flow are worsened due to obscuration

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecode documentationVSAvoidcode readability

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The code display is segmented into two separate panels: one for executable code snippets and another for annotations. This segmentation allows programmers to view code and documentation simultaneously without the annotations obscuring the code flow, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining documentation and preserving readability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The annotation information is moved from a linear text dimension to a spatial dimension by displaying it in a separate panel adjacent to the code. This dimensional change allows both code and annotations to coexist without interfering with each other's readability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of information

If code snippets are displayed with annotations together, then documentation is improved, but security is worsened by exposing sensitive payment information

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovedocumentationVSAvoidsecurity risk

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Sensitive payment information is extracted and removed from the code snippets displayed in the first panel. Only sanitized versions of the code are shown, while the annotations in the second panel provide necessary documentation without exposing sensitive data, thus resolving the contradiction between documentation and security.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Loss of information

If programmers scroll through code with annotations, then understanding is improved, but time consumption is worsened

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecode understandingVSAvoidtime to review code

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The code snippets and their corresponding annotations are merged in spatial proximity within the dual-panel display. Programmers can understand code functionality by viewing both the code and its documentation simultaneously in adjacent panels, eliminating the need to scroll through interleaved annotations and significantly reducing code review time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12125010B2Code integrator

Publication Date: 2024.10.22 STRIPE LLC

AI summary

A method comprises: displaying a first code snippet from a first code in a first panel; displaying an annotation related to the first code snippet in a second panel; receiving a code customization request; customizing the first code snippet in response to the request; displaying a preview of executing the code having the customized first code snippet in a preview window; inserting and running the code having the customized first code snippet in an application; and completing a transaction with the application running the first code with the customized first code snippet.