Graphical Digital Product Navigation Tool for Complex Specifications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing complex digital product specifications in systems like Oracle Insurance Policy Administration (OIPA) is challenging due to the need for specialized knowledge and the complexity of manually tracing rules and data, leading to inefficiencies in product navigation and documentation.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented tool generates user-navigable, graphical representations of digital products, allowing users to visualize and interact with them through a control pane and diagram pane, enabling decomposition into entity diagrams and providing multiple viewpoints for easier understanding and navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual tracing of rules and data is used to navigate digital product specifications, then detailed understanding can be achieved, but time consumption and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual representations (copies) of digital product specifications that map complex data relationships into graphical formats. These visual copies allow users to understand product structures without manually tracing through raw data, significantly reducing navigation time while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces visual representation as an intermediary between the complex digital product specifications and the user. This intermediary layer translates intricate data relationships into intuitive graphical models, enabling quick comprehension without direct manual analysis of the underlying complexity.
2Measurement precision
If specialized knowledge is required to manage digital product specifications, then accuracy can be maintained, but accessibility and ease of operation decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs visual differentiation through colors and visual cues in the graphical representations to indicate various aspects of product specifications. This allows users to quickly identify important elements without requiring specialized knowledge, making the system more accessible while maintaining accuracy through visual encoding of information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments complex product specifications into distinct visual components and categories within the graphical representations. This segmentation allows users to navigate and understand specific aspects independently, reducing the need for specialized knowledge while maintaining comprehensive accuracy through structured visual organization.
3Quantity of substance
If comprehensive product documentation is provided, then complete information is available, but complexity of navigation and understanding increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional linear text-based documentation to multi-dimensional graphical representations. This dimensional change allows comprehensive information to be presented in a compact, visually organized manner that reduces navigation complexity while maintaining completeness through spatial arrangement and visual relationships.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges multiple aspects of product documentation into unified visual representations. By combining related information elements into integrated graphical models, the system presents complete information in a cohesive manner that reduces the complexity of navigation compared to separate documentation sections.
Data Source
AI summary
A graphical user interface generates a control pane and a diagram pane. The control pane graphically depicts control objects that are each associated with a different viewpoint of digital products. The diagram pane displays graphical representations based upon a user-selected control object in the control pane. In use, a hierarchical view of digital products is presented in the diagram pane. A user can select a digital product from the hierarchical view, and then graphically navigate the digital product, whereby the graphical user interface presents aspects of the digital product, represented as nodes and interconnecting lines in different views defined by the viewpoint associated with user-selected control objects available in the control pane.