Enterprise Application Module Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enterprise software applications are often expensive, resource-intensive, and difficult to integrate with legacy systems, making them unsuitable for small businesses and inefficient for large corporations due to their 'one-size-fits-all' approach, which includes unnecessary features and lacks industry-specific functionalities.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow for the deployment of multiple versions of an enterprise application in the same environment, enabling selective feature usage and integration with existing applications, using an open standards-based platform to create portable enterprise modules that can run on different application platforms, allowing customers to purchase only needed modules and integrate them seamlessly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a one-size-fits-all enterprise software application is used, then comprehensive business support functions are provided, but the application includes unnecessary features that waste computer resources and increase costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the monolithic enterprise software application into separate deployable modules or components that can be selectively activated. Each module represents a specific business function (e.g., HR, finance, supply chain) that can be independently deployed and managed, allowing organizations to only run the modules they need, thereby reducing computer resource consumption while maintaining comprehensive functionality when required.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic module activation and deactivation capabilities, allowing the software system to adapt its resource footprint based on organizational needs. Modules can be dynamically enabled or disabled without requiring a complete system reinstall, enabling organizations to optimize resource usage by only running necessary features while preserving the option to access comprehensive functionality when needed.
2Adaptability or versatility
If enterprise software application features are customized for different business segments, then industry-specific functionalities are provided, but the application complexity and integration difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the enterprise software into standardized industry-specific module packages (e.g., manufacturing module, retail module, healthcare module). Each package contains pre-configured industry-specific functionalities that can be deployed as complete units, reducing the complexity of customization while maintaining adaptability to different business segments. Organizations can select and deploy only the industry package relevant to their sector.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent designs modules with universal interfaces and standardized data models that work across different industry contexts. Industry-specific modules are built using common frameworks and can be combined with other modules through standardized connection points, reducing integration complexity while providing tailored functionality for different business segments.
3Stability of the object's composition
If legacy software application is integrated with new enterprise software application, then continuity of existing business processes is maintained, but integration difficulty and requirement for skilled application integrators increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces standardized integration interfaces and adapter modules that act as intermediaries between legacy systems and the new enterprise software. These intermediary components provide pre-built connection points and data translation capabilities, simplifying the integration process and reducing the need for highly skilled application integrators while maintaining continuity of existing business processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the integration process into manageable module-level integrations rather than requiring monolithic system integration. Each enterprise software module can be independently integrated with corresponding legacy systems through standardized interfaces, reducing overall integration complexity and allowing incremental adoption while maintaining business process continuity.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple versions of an artifact are deployed to an environment, then selective feature usage and integration with existing applications is enabled, but version compatibility and interface compatibility must be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and standardizes the interface definitions and compatibility contracts from each module version. By separating interface specifications from implementation details and maintaining versioned interface contracts, the system enables multiple artifact versions to coexist while guaranteeing interface compatibility through explicitly defined and enforced interface standards.
Data Source
AI summary
A method is provided. The method stores a first version of an artifact in a first environment. Further, the method stores a second version of the artifact in the first environment. In addition, the second version of the artifact is distinct from the first version of the artifact. The method also deploys the first version of the artifact and the second version of the artifact to a second environment so that the first artifact and the second artifact can be run simultaneously in the second environment. The second environment is distinct from the first environment.