Exchange Infrastructure Data Exchange Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current data exchange systems using an exchange infrastructure (XI) system require extensive translation and duplicative storage of documents across different platforms, leading to inefficiencies due to full data set conversion and excessive data storage in multiple locations.

Innovation Solution

The improved XI system reduces data transmission and processing overhead by utilizing a database to store and extract only necessary data, transmitting limited data between systems, and eliminating excess storage outside the system, allowing for platform-independent communication between non-interoperative systems.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the full data set is converted between systems using XI, then data exchange compatibility is achieved, but data transmission volume and processing overhead increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata exchange compatibilityVSAvoiddata transmission volume
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary data elements from the full data set and transmits them between systems. Instead of converting and transmitting entire documents, the system identifies and extracts only the specific data fields that need to be exchanged, significantly reducing data transmission volume while maintaining compatibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the data exchange process into identifying necessary data elements, extracting them, and transmitting only those segments. This segmentation approach allows the system to handle data exchange efficiently by processing only the essential portions rather than the complete data sets.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If documents are stored in multiple locations across different systems, then data accessibility is improved, but storage redundancy and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accessibilityVSAvoidstorage structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the storage function into a single centralized database within the XI system. Instead of having documents stored in multiple locations across different systems, all data is consolidated in one central repository, eliminating redundancy while maintaining accessibility through the unified storage structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Loss of information

If full documents are translated and transmitted between systems, then data completeness is maintained, but processing time and system resources consume excessively

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata completenessVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary data elements from full documents and translates/transmits only those extracted elements. This approach maintains data completeness for the purposes of exchange while significantly reducing processing time and system resource consumption by avoiding unnecessary translation of entire documents.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by translating and transmitting only the essential data elements rather than the complete documents. This partial approach is sufficient for achieving the exchange objectives while avoiding the excessive processing time and resources that would be required for full document translation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS7940409B2Data exchange in an exchange infrastructure
Publication Date: 2011.05.10 SAP SE
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AI summary

An exchange infrastructure (XI) system provides for the receipt, storage and transmission of limited data to uniform user interfaces to provide an improved exchange of data thereacross. In operation with corresponding processing systems, there is a reduced amount of data received by the XI system as well as a reduced amount of data transmitted from the XI system to a recipient processing system. Furthermore, inclusion of operations for utilizing an associated database for storing data and extracting documents therefrom allows the XI system to operate with the reduction of data being transmitted to and received from the external processing systems. In this technique, the XI system is improved by reducing data transmission requirements, reducing amounts of data processing and conversion overhead and eliminating excess data storage outside of the XI system itself.