Compliance Assessment System Resource Allocation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current compliance assessment methods lack a quantitative foundation for evaluating historical, current, and projected compliance, leading to inefficiencies in resource allocation and increased risk of non-compliance.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus that extracts and transforms data from databases to provide a quantitative assessment of compliance trends, using a processor to allocate resources effectively and reduce compliance violations by applying enterprise compliance hierarchy information and statistical correlation methods.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional compliance assessment methods are used, then resource allocation is simplified, but compliance assessment accuracy and reliability deteriorate due to lack of quantitative foundation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance assessment reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The compliance assessment system is segmented into multiple independent compliance drivers (e.g., regulatory changes, business changes, operational losses, complaints, examinations). Each driver is assessed separately using statistical correlation methods, allowing the complex assessment to be broken down into manageable components while maintaining overall reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms qualitative compliance data into quantitative parameters by calculating statistical correlations between compliance drivers and compliance outcomes. This parameter transformation enables objective measurement and comparison of compliance risk across different dimensions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If comprehensive compliance monitoring is implemented, then compliance violations are detected earlier, but system resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance violation detection capabilityVSAvoidsystem resource usage
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system monitors compliance drivers at different levels of intensity based on their assessed risk levels. High-risk drivers receive intensive monitoring and resource allocation, while low-risk drivers receive minimal monitoring. This partial action approach ensures adequate compliance detection without uniformly over-consuming resources across all compliance areas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously assesses compliance drivers and uses the assessment results to dynamically adjust resource allocation and monitoring intensity. When compliance risk increases for a particular driver, the system automatically increases monitoring resources; when risk decreases, resources are reduced, creating an efficient feedback loop.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If resources are allocated based on historical compliance data alone, then resource distribution is straightforward, but projected compliance risks are not adequately addressed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource allocation simplicityVSAvoidprojected compliance risk assessment
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary assessment of compliance drivers using historical data to establish baseline correlations. These preliminary results are then used to predict future compliance risks before actual compliance events occur, allowing proactive resource allocation to prevent rather than merely respond to compliance violations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11250365B2Systems and methods for utilizing compliance drivers to conserve system resources and reduce compliance violations
Publication Date: 2022.02.15 BANK OF AMERICA CORP
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AI summary

Systems and methods for utilizing compliance drivers to conserve system resources are provided. Data that corresponds to a pre-determined historical period may be used. A method may extract issue information, regulations data, operations loss data, drivers data, pending activities data and/or pending examinations data. The method may perform a plurality of transformations on the issue information, the drivers data, the regulations data, and the operations loss. The transformations may apply enterprise compliance hierarchy information and transform the data associated with the issue information, the drivers data, the regulations data, and the operations loss data into quarterly information. The method may include performing transformations on issue information, regulations data, operations loss data and drivers data. The method may perform final transformations in order to either allocate resources to remediate a compliance trend, remediate a compliance projection, or correct a current compliance issue.