Deep Hierarchy Navigation for Cross-Application Error Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current in-place validation techniques in computer applications are inadequate for identifying all errors, especially when errors are present in linked or referenced objects, leading to inefficiencies and lost productivity, as they fail to detect errors in dependent fields or objects across different applications.
Innovation Solution
The system employs deep hierarchy navigation by instantiating UI components, mapping dependencies, and checking them against validation rules, with errors identified in a popover window and the application focused on the UI component containing the error, even if it resides in a different application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If in-place validation is performed on form fields and directly linked objects, then errors in the current application can be identified, but errors in referenced objects from other applications cannot be detected
Solution Approach 1:
The validation system is segmented into multiple levels: local field validation, object-level validation, and cross-application referenced object validation. Each level handles specific validation tasks independently, allowing the system to detect errors at any depth of the object hierarchy without conflating validation scopes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements nested validation by placing validation logic within objects that can reference other objects. Validated objects contain embedded validation rules that can trigger validation of referenced objects, creating a nested validation structure where validation occurs at multiple hierarchical levels simultaneously.
2Measurement precision
If deep hierarchy navigation is implemented to track all referenced objects, then all errors become detectable, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation by establishing dependency graphs and mapping referenced objects before actual form submission. Validation rules are pre-configured within objects, and the system pre-identifies all referenced objects in the hierarchy, so that when validation is triggered, the work is already prepared and can execute efficiently without complex real-time traversal.
3Productivity
If manual searching is required to find errors in linked objects, then validation can be simple, but productivity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The validation system provides immediate feedback by displaying error messages directly in the user interface near the problematic fields. When validation fails, the system highlights affected fields and provides actionable error messages that guide users to the specific issues, eliminating the need for manual searching while maintaining operational simplicity.
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AI summary
Systems and techniques for deep hierarchy navigation include instantiating user interface (UI) components of an application in an application view on a computing device, where each of the UI components is represented by an application (app) model. For each of the UI components, dependencies on other objects are mapped including paths to the other objects. In response to an action to submit data contained in the UI components, each of the UI components is checked against validation rules. In response to one of the UI components violating one of the validation rules, an error in the UI component violating the rule is identified in a popover window using the mapped dependencies to identify the error. In response to a selection of the error in the popover window, the application is focused on the UI component containing the error.