Dynamic Documentation Assembly for Installed Software Services

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing documentation for software suites becomes unwieldy due to comprehensive coverage of all services and versions, making it irrelevant and complex for end-users who only install a subset of services, and fails to describe interactions between services.

Innovation Solution

A system that dynamically generates documentation based on installed services and their versions, using a service discovery mechanism to identify relevant documents and compile them into a customized set, excluding unnecessary information and covering software dependencies.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If comprehensive documentation covering all services and versions is provided, then completeness of information is improved, but documentation complexity and size increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of informationVSAvoiddocumentation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic documentation generation that adapts to the user's specific service installation configuration. The system automatically determines which documentation sections are relevant based on detected services and versions, transforming static comprehensive documentation into dynamic customized documentation. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining information completeness for all services while reducing actual documentation size and complexity for each user based on their specific needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by providing different documentation content tailored to each user's specific service configuration. Instead of uniform comprehensive documentation for all users, the system delivers customized documentation subsets that match local conditions (installed services and versions). This ensures each user receives appropriate information without unnecessary complexity from unrelated services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If comprehensive documentation covers all service combinations and versions, then coverage of all scenarios is improved, but documentation maintenance difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoverage of service combinationsVSAvoiddocumentation maintenance
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses dynamic generation to adapt documentation to various service combinations and versions without manually creating documentation for each scenario. The automated system detects the user's configuration and assembles relevant documentation sections, providing comprehensive coverage of all possible scenarios while simplifying maintenance through programmatic assembly rather than manual updates for each combination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal documentation framework that can serve multiple service combinations and versions through a single system. The modular documentation structure and automated assembly process enable one documentation system to handle diverse service configurations, eliminating the need for separate documentation sets for each scenario and greatly reducing maintenance burden.

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

3Device complexity

If documentation is provided for individual services only, then documentation size is reduced, but ability to describe service interactions is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocumentation sizeVSAvoidservice interaction information
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically determines which service interaction documentation to include based on the user's actual service configuration. When multiple services that interact with each other are detected, the system automatically includes relevant interaction documentation. This maintains appropriate documentation size while ensuring service interaction information is provided when actually needed based on installed services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS10509647B1Building dynamic documentation based on installed services
Publication Date: 2019.12.17 PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC
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AI summary

Techniques for dynamically building documentation based on installed services are described herein. In an embodiment, a plurality of different electronic documents are stored in a data repository. A server computer system identifies one or more service software components of an application program that have been installed as part of a particular application instance. The server computer identifies a subset of one or more particular documents from the plurality of documents stored in the data repository that correspond to the identified one or more services. Using the subset of one or more particular documents, the server generates a particular customized document which is then stored in association with the particular application instance.