Company Tile Interface for Financial Data Consolidation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Financial professionals face challenges in efficiently accessing and navigating large quantities of information from various sources to effectively serve clients, including company and contact information, which is currently scattered across different reports, newspapers, and word of mouth.

Innovation Solution

A user interface is developed that provides a centralized platform with modules for company and individual information, featuring a company tile that indicates the company's status, financial information, news, research reports, and contact details, allowing users to navigate and customize the information display for quick access.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If financial professionals gather information from various reports, newspapers, and word of mouth, then comprehensive information can be obtained, but the time required to access and navigate this information increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomprehensive information accessVSAvoidtime to access information
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent consolidates multiple information sources (reports, newspapers, word of mouth, financial data) into a single integrated user interface platform. This merging allows financial professionals to access comprehensive company and contact information from diverse sources without needing to separately search each source, thereby reducing time loss while maintaining information completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system acts as an intermediary between financial professionals and scattered information sources. It collects, processes, and presents information from multiple external sources through a unified interface, eliminating the need for professionals to manually gather information from each source and significantly reducing access time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If company and contact information is scattered across different sources, then information completeness is maintained, but navigation and access efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidnavigation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges scattered company information and contact details from multiple sources into a single organized interface. The unified platform presents financial data, news, research reports, and contact information together in one location, maintaining complete information while dramatically improving navigation efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The information is segmented into organized modules within the interface, with distinct sections for company information, financial data, news, research reports, and contact details. This segmentation allows professionals to efficiently navigate to specific information types while the system maintains the completeness of all information sources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If a centralized platform consolidates all information, then access efficiency improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation access efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The centralized platform is divided into distinct functional modules (company information module, financial information module, news module, research reports module, contact information module). This segmentation allows the system to consolidate comprehensive information while maintaining manageable complexity through organized, separate functional areas that can be independently managed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Adaptability or versatility

If multiple information modules are integrated in one interface, then comprehensive access is enabled, but interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation access versatilityVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The interface is segmented into distinct functional modules, each handling a specific type of information (company details, financial data, news, research reports, contacts). This modular design enables comprehensive access to diverse information types while maintaining interface simplicity through clear organization and separation of functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8856662B2Company and contact information system and method
Publication Date: 2014.10.07 MORGAN STANLEY SERVICES GROUP INC
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AI summary

A user interface for providing information regarding a subject company to a user. The user interface may comprise a company tile, which may have an indicator of the subject company. A state of the company tile, such as, for example, its color, may indicate a property of the subject company. The user interface may also comprise a financial information module displaying financial information regarding the subject company, and a subject individual module displaying information regarding a subject individual related to the subject company. According to various embodiments, the user interface may also include a navigation toolbar including a second company tile comprising an indicator of a second company. Selecting the second company tile may cause the second company to become a new subject company.