Database Integration Device Consolidating Redundant Artifacts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Enterprises face inefficiencies and increased storage costs due to the use of multiple management systems with separate databases, leading to redundant information storage across different systems.

Innovation Solution

An integration method and device that compares artifacts from multiple databases to integrate them into a local database, reducing storage space by adding or updating artifacts based on name, operation sets, and parameter sets.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple management systems with separate databases are used, then each system can operate independently with its own artifacts, but storage space is wasted and hardware costs increase due to redundant information

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveindependence of management systemsVSAvoidstorage space

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple separate databases into a unified database structure. The integration device consolidates artifacts from different management systems (first database, second database, etc.) into a single integrated database, eliminating redundant storage while maintaining system independence through logical separation of artifacts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The integrated database serves multiple management systems simultaneously, providing universal access to artifacts. The system allows different management systems to share the same database infrastructure while maintaining their own operational independence through artifact-level isolation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple separate databases are maintained, then each system has full control over its artifacts, but hardware costs increase due to redundant storage requirements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem autonomyVSAvoidhardware cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple database storage structures into a single integrated database, reducing hardware requirements. The integration device consolidates the first database, second database, and any other separate databases into one unified storage structure, lowering hardware costs while preserving system autonomy through logical artifact separation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates logical copies of the database structure rather than physical duplicates. Each management system accesses the integrated database through its own interface and artifact set, creating a virtual copy effect that maintains autonomy without requiring physical hardware duplication.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Quantity of substance

If databases are integrated into a single structure, then storage space is reduced and costs decrease, but the complexity of integrating and managing artifacts from multiple systems increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage spaceVSAvoidintegration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the integrated database into distinct artifact groups corresponding to different management systems. The integration device maintains separate artifact sets (first artifacts, second artifacts, etc.) within the unified database structure, allowing systematic integration while managing complexity through structured segmentation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The integration device acts as an intermediary between multiple management systems and the integrated database. It handles the complexity of artifact integration, comparison, and consolidation, shielding individual systems from integration complexity while enabling storage optimization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Quantity of substance

If artifacts from multiple databases are consolidated, then storage requirements are reduced, but the process of comparing and integrating artifacts from different systems becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage requirementsVSAvoidartifact comparison difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by treating different artifact types from different management systems with specific integration rules. The integration device compares artifacts locally within their respective contexts (first artifacts from first database, second artifacts from second database) and integrates them according to their specific characteristics, reducing comparison difficulty through context-aware processing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10346353B2Integration device and integration method thereof

Publication Date: 2019.07.09 INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY

AI summary

An integration device and an integration method thereof are provided. The integration device includes a storage and a processor. The storage stores a first database which includes a plurality of first artifacts. The processor accesses the first database and a second database, and compares each second artifact of the second database with the first artifacts to update the first database.