Completeness Graph Debugging with UI Checklist Rules

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods for defining and modifying completeness graphs in knowledge engines are resource-intensive, requiring extensive time, computing power, and deep programming knowledge, leading to inefficient processing and memory usage.

Innovation Solution

A method involving builder input to define completeness graphs through user interfaces, using fields, indicators, and modifiers to specify input conditions, allowing the knowledge engine to check for completeness efficiently, reducing processing and memory requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional methods are used to define completeness graphs, then comprehensive coverage of all input combinations is achieved, but processing time and computational resources increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness graph accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the completeness graph definition into modular components: fields, indicators, and modifiers. Each field can be independently configured with specific indicators (required, optional, conditional) and modifiers (default values, validation rules). This segmentation allows the system to process only relevant portions of the graph rather than analyzing every possible input combination, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces parameterized configuration where completeness graph definitions use variable parameters such as field names, indicator types, and modifier values that can be dynamically adjusted. By changing parameters at the configuration level rather than hardcoding all possibilities, the system achieves comprehensive coverage for relevant cases without processing irrelevant combinations, thus reducing overall processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If conventional methods are used to define completeness graphs, then all possible input combinations are accounted for, but memory requirements and processing power increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness verification accuracyVSAvoidprocessing power
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential information needed for completeness verification from the full set of possible input combinations. By taking out and storing only the critical field-indicator-modifier relationships in the completeness graph data structure, the system reduces memory requirements while maintaining the ability to verify completeness accurately. Unrelevant combinations are discarded rather than stored and processed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by processing only the necessary portions of the completeness graph during execution. Instead of evaluating all possible input combinations, the system processes only the fields and conditions actually present in the graph definition, achieving sufficient verification accuracy without the computational overhead of exhaustive analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Manufacturing precision

If conventional coding methods are used to define completeness graphs, then precise control over all input conditions is achieved, but ease of operation and user accessibility decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinput condition control precisionVSAvoiduser interface accessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the user and the underlying code complexity. The user interface presents simplified configurations for defining completeness graphs, where users can specify fields, select from predefined indicators (required, optional, conditional), and set modifiers without writing code. This intermediary abstraction maintains precise control over input conditions while making the system accessible to non-programming users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides self-service functionality through automated generation of completeness graph code from user-friendly configurations. When users define their requirements through the simplified interface, the system automatically translates these into executable completeness graph definitions, eliminating the need for users to directly handle complex coding while maintaining precise control over the generated logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250356117A1Defining and debugging module completeness graphs based on interactive user interface checklist elements
Publication Date: 2025.11.20 INTUIT INC
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AI summary

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for encoding rules defining a completeness of input, including receiving a first input comprising one or more tuples, wherein a tuple of the one or more tuples comprises one or more fields associated with an operation, one or more indicators, and one or more modifiers; receiving a second input associated with the one or more tuples; providing, to a knowledge engine, the first input and the second input; receiving, from the knowledge engine, a result based on the first input and the second input; determining, based on the result, a first symbol associated with a first tuple of the one or more tuples; and displaying the first symbol, wherein the first symbol indicates whether the first tuple is complete.