Enterprise System Configuration via Visual Selection Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of enterprise computing systems is often costly and time-consuming due to the need for custom configuration settings, which require expertise and extensive user input, limiting flexibility and adaptability to changing customer needs.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and graphical user interface that presents multiple selectable visual representations of configuration options, each associated with a predefined set of configuration data, allowing users to select the appropriate configuration for their specific needs, thereby simplifying the configuration process by depicting features that differentiate between options and guiding the user through an intuitive interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If custom configuration settings are performed by consultants using extensive questionnaires and configuration tools, then the system can be tailored to specific customer needs, but the installation process becomes costly and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining and pre-configuring system settings before the actual installation. Configuration templates and presets are prepared in advance, allowing the system to be quickly adapted to different customer needs without requiring time-consuming on-site configuration. This resolves the contradiction by enabling customization (improving adaptability) while reducing installation time through pre-prepared configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the configuration process into distinct modular components, each with its own predefined settings. This allows different parts of the system to be independently configured and selected, enabling customers to customize specific functions while maintaining overall system integrity. The segmentation enables faster installation by allowing selective application of pre-configured modules rather than custom-building each component.
2Adaptability or versatility
If extensive questionnaires are presented to users for configuration input, then detailed system customization can be achieved, but the complexity and difficulty of the configuration process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex configuration logic from the user interaction process. Instead of presenting users with complex configuration options and questionnaires, the system extracts and presents only the essential configuration choices through simplified visual representations. The complexity is removed from the user interface while maintaining configuration flexibility through pre-defined options that automatically translate into detailed system settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating visual representations and templates that replicate successful configurations. Instead of requiring users to manually configure complex settings, the system provides visual copies of pre-configured systems that users can select and apply. This copying approach maintains configuration flexibility while dramatically reducing perceived complexity, as users are copying proven configurations rather than creating them from scratch.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple configuration options are presented to users, then system adaptability to different needs is improved, but the time required for user selection and configuration increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the configuration interface adaptive and responsive to user selections. As users interact with visual representations, the system dynamically updates available options and automatically applies relevant configurations. This dynamic behavior allows multiple configuration options to be presented (improving adaptability) while reducing selection time through intelligent filtering and automatic application of choices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms that provide immediate information about configuration implications. When users select visual representations, the system provides feedback showing what configurations will be applied and how they affect the system. This feedback loop enables users to make faster, more informed selections by seeing the immediate consequences of their choices, thereby maintaining configuration options while improving installation speed.
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AI summary
A configuration for an enterprise computing system is selected. A computer-implemented method to be performed in connection with installing a software system includes presenting, on a display device, multiple selectable visual representations regarding how to configure an enterprise computing system. Each of the visual representations has associated therewith a predefined set of configuration data for the enterprise computing system, and each visual representation depicts a feature of the associated predefined set of configuration data that differentiates from the other predefined sets of configuration data. The method includes receiving a selection of one of the visual representations by a user, and configuring the enterprise computing system using at least one of the predefined sets of configuration data that is associated with the selected visual representation.