Custom Logic in Data Privacy Integration Service

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing data privacy integration frameworks struggle to efficiently tailor responses to data privacy requests, particularly in multi-application landscapes, due to varying regulatory requirements and customer-specific needs, leading to resource-intensive and error-prone manual adjustments.

Innovation Solution

Implementing custom logic within responder applications and the DPI service to enable automated, context-aware processing of data privacy requests, allowing customers to configure specific responses based on jurisdictional, legal, and strategic considerations, reducing manual effort and enhancing compliance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual adjustments are made to tailor responses to data privacy requests in multi-application landscapes, then compliance with diverse regulatory requirements can be achieved, but resource consumption increases and error rates rise

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance accuracyVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service through automated customization where the DPI service automatically configures responder applications based on customer-specific requirements and regulatory requirements. The system performs self-adjustment without manual intervention by automatically evaluating requesting ground values and configuring custom logic in responder applications, thereby maintaining high compliance accuracy while reducing resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring responder applications with custom logic before processing data privacy requests. The DPI service evaluates requesting ground values and configures responder applications in advance, so that when actual requests arrive, they can be processed automatically without manual adjustments, reducing both resource consumption and error rates while maintaining compliance accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If manual adjustments are made to tailor responses to data privacy requests, then compliance with diverse regulatory requirements can be achieved, but error rates increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance accuracyVSAvoiderror rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system eliminates manual adjustments by implementing self-service automation where the DPI service automatically configures responder applications based on customer requirements and regulatory requirements. This automated configuration process removes human error from the equation while maintaining high compliance accuracy through systematic evaluation of requesting ground values and automatic customization of responder logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the DPI service receives responses from responder applications, evaluates them against customer-specific requirements and regulatory requirements, and automatically adjusts configurations. This closed-loop feedback system ensures compliance accuracy by continuously verifying and adjusting the configuration based on actual processing outcomes, eliminating errors associated with manual adjustments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If custom logic is implemented in responder applications for automated processing, then manual effort is reduced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces the DPI service as an intermediary that manages the complexity of custom logic implementation. Instead of each responder application needing complex custom logic, the DPI service acts as a mediator that receives customer requirements, evaluates requesting ground values, and automatically configures appropriate logic in responder applications. This centralizes complexity management and improves processing efficiency without requiring each component to be complex.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The DPI service implements multi-functionality by handling multiple tasks: receiving customer requirements, evaluating requesting ground values, configuring responder applications, and processing responses. This universal service reduces the need for separate complex systems for each function, improving overall processing efficiency while managing system complexity through a single multi-functional platform that can be customized for different customers and regulatory requirements.

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

4Reliability

If the DPI service evaluates all requesting ground values in all responder applications, then comprehensive compliance is achieved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance completenessVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by customizing the evaluation process for each responder application based on customer-specific requirements and the specific regulatory context. Instead of uniformly evaluating all requesting ground values in all responder applications, the DPI service configures custom logic that evaluates only the relevant requesting ground values for each specific responder application and customer context. This localized approach maintains comprehensive compliance while reducing processing time by avoiding unnecessary evaluations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements partial action by evaluating only the necessary requesting ground values for each responder application based on customer requirements and regulatory context. The DPI service determines which evaluating actions are sufficient for compliance without performing excessive evaluations. This partial evaluation approach achieves comprehensive compliance coverage while reducing processing time by avoiding redundant or unnecessary evaluating operations in each responder application.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20250315549A1Custom application responses in data privacy integration protocols
Publication Date: 2025.10.09 SAP SE
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AI summary

The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for custom processing in data privacy integration protocols. One example method includes receiving custom logic from a customer of a DPI (data privacy integration) service for customizing applications to evaluate requesting ground values received from the DPI service. The DPI service receives a protocol request that includes a requesting ground value. The DPI service generates and sends a work package that includes the requesting ground value. Each responder application that receives the work package evaluates the work package using the custom logic. The responder applications that received the work package send work package responses to the DPI service that include status information of the responder applications processing the work package. The DPI service evaluates the work package responses and sends a response to the protocol request that includes an overall status of DPI processing of the protocol request.