Graphical Alert Configuration Using Query-Result Token Substitution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing query-processing systems require manual scripting to generate alerts based on search results, lacking automation for alert generation and configuration.
Innovation Solution
A system that automatically generates alerts by extracting configuration information from search results and invoking alert-generating functionality, with a user interface for configuring alert actions and token substitution to utilize search result parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual scripting is used to generate alerts, then flexibility in alert generation is maintained, but productivity and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service alert generation by allowing users to configure alerts through a graphical interface without requiring manual scripting. The alert configuration system automatically processes user inputs, extracts relevant parameters, and generates alerts autonomously based on predefined templates and search results, eliminating the need for users to write custom scripts while maintaining flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical scripting approach with an automated configuration system. Instead of requiring users to manually write and execute scripts, the system uses a graphical user interface combined with automated parameter extraction and substitution mechanisms to generate alerts, thereby improving productivity while reducing the complexity of manual operations.
2Productivity
If automated alert generation is implemented, then productivity improves, but ease of operation deteriorates due to configuration complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The alert configuration system is segmented into distinct functional components: a graphical interface for user input, a parameter extraction module, a template matching system, and an alert generation engine. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific tasks independently, making the overall system easier to operate while maintaining automated functionality. Users interact only with the simplified graphical interface, while complex processing occurs in the background.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary configuration system that acts as a mediator between user inputs and alert generation. This intermediary layer processes user configurations, extracts parameters, matches them with alert templates, and generates appropriate alerts automatically. The intermediary simplifies the interaction for users while enabling automated alert generation, thus improving both ease of operation and productivity.
3Reliability
If search results are processed to generate alerts, then responsiveness to performance issues improves, but loss of time in data processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring alert templates and parameters before actual alert generation is needed. Users can setup alert rules, select parameters to monitor, and define response actions in advance. When performance issues occur, the system only needs to process search results against the pre-configured templates, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining reliable and responsive alert generation.
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AI summary
A system that enables a user to configure alert actions based on search results generated by a query is disclosed. During operation, the system presents an alert user interface (UI) to a user, wherein the alert UI enables the user to configure one or more alert actions to be performed based on the search results. Next, the system receives alert configuration information from the user through the alert UI, wherein the alert configuration information includes tokens representing parameters associated with the query and the search results. Then, while generating an alert associated with the search results, the system performs a token substitution operation that substitutes tokens in the alert configuration information with corresponding parameters from the search results to generate a payload that is communicated to alert-generating functionality. This token substitution allows the parameters to be used by the alert-generating functionality while performing the one or more alert actions.