Dynamic Query Adjustment for Time-Sensitive Database Values
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Solution Overview
Problem
Database queries become outdated due to time-sensitive values changing over time, leading to queries losing their original meaning when re-executed, which is not addressed by existing technologies.
Innovation Solution
A graphical query interface with a query adjustment mechanism that allows users to adjust query values based on changes over time, ensuring the adjusted query retains its original meaning by compensating for value changes since the query was created.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a query is saved for future use, then the query can be reused efficiently, but the query values become outdated and lose their original meaning over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic query value adjustment by introducing a query adjustment mechanism that automatically modifies time-sensitive query values based on elapsed time or current date. This transforms the static query into a dynamic one that adapts to changing temporal conditions, allowing the query to maintain its original intent while being reused at different times.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of query values by adjusting them according to time-based factors. The query adjustment mechanism modifies time-sensitive parameters (such as date ranges, time periods, or temporal conditions) to reflect current temporal context, ensuring that the query retains its meaningfulness across different execution times.
2Reliability
If query values are adjusted to maintain original meaning, then the query remains useful over time, but additional complexity is introduced to the query system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a query adjustment mechanism as an intermediary component between the saved query and the database execution. This mediator automatically handles the complexity of value adjustment by calculating time-based modifications and applying them transparently, shielding the user from the underlying complexity while maintaining query reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The query adjustment mechanism operates autonomously by automatically detecting time-sensitive values and adjusting them based on current temporal information. The system serves itself by managing the complexity of temporal adjustments without requiring manual intervention, thus maintaining reliability while minimizing user burden.
3Reliability
If time-sensitive query values are automatically adjusted, then the query remains accurate, but more processing time is required during query execution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-calculating or pre-defining adjustment rules for time-sensitive query values. The query adjustment mechanism is configured in advance with the logic for modifying values based on temporal conditions, so that during actual query execution, only the final adjustment calculation is needed, minimizing additional processing time.
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AI summary
An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the query to compensate for the change in the meaning of the query value since the query was created such that the adjusted query will have the same basic meaning as when the query was originally created. Preferred Embodiments allow the user to specify to adjust the query to the current date or to a specified date in the past.