Document Format Transformation via Integration Configurations
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current computing systems face challenges in integrating data across different formats and technologies, leading to inefficiencies in data communication and management between diverse computing systems.
Innovation Solution
A system that transforms document formats from a source format to a common intermediary format supported by a network platform, using integration configurations that include connection information and document mappings, to facilitate seamless data transfer between computing systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different computing systems use different document formats and data management methods, then each system can maintain its own technical standards and formats, but data integration and communication between systems becomes complex and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an intermediary system that receives documents from source computing systems in their native formats, automatically transforms them into standardized formats using integration configurations, and forwards them to destination systems. This mediator approach allows each computing system to maintain its own technical standards while enabling seamless integration through the transformation layer.
2Adaptability or versatility
If custom document formats are used in different computing systems, then each system can optimize for its specific needs, but data transformation and standardization becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining integration configurations that include source document formats, target document formats, and transformation rules. These configurations are established in advance, allowing the system to automatically apply the correct transformation logic without manual intervention during actual document integration.
3Reliability
If manual data integration methods are used between different computing systems, then data accuracy can be maintained through human review, but integration efficiency and speed decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically performing document format transformation and data integration without requiring manual human intervention. The integration configurations contain all necessary transformation rules, allowing the system to autonomously convert documents between formats while maintaining data accuracy through predefined validation logic.
Data Source
AI summary
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives a document from a first computing system that is destined for a second computing system via a network platform. The program further identifies an integration configuration associated with the first computing system. The program also determines a document format of the document. The program further transforms the document format of the document from a first document format to a second document format based on the integration configuration. The program also sends the document in the second document format to the network platform in order for the network platform to forward the document to the second computing system.