Institution Computing System API Gateway for Enterprise Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Businesses face inefficiencies and increased costs due to fragmented software platforms for managing business processes, requiring cumbersome transitions between enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and other applications, leading to bogged-down user experiences and decreased productivity.
Innovation Solution
An institution computing system (ICS) facilitates seamless communication and data exchange between enterprise resources and external systems through a network of application programming interfaces (APIs), allowing real-time interaction and standardization of communications, enabling users to access and manage accounts, apply for loans, and perform other functions within a unified interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If businesses use multiple fragmented software platforms (ERP, CRM, third-party applications) to manage different business processes, then functional versatility is improved, but system complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to cumbersome transitions between platforms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an intermediary layer (integration platform or API gateway) that connects multiple software platforms including ERP, CRM, and third-party applications. This intermediary enables seamless data exchange and process integration between platforms without requiring users to manually transition between systems, thereby maintaining functional versatility while significantly improving ease of operation through automated background communication.
2Adaptability or versatility
If businesses use multiple fragmented software platforms for managing business processes, then functional versatility is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to bogged-down user experiences and time-consuming transitions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes continuous automated data flow and process execution across multiple software platforms through integration mechanisms. Instead of interrupting user workflows for manual data entry or system switching, the system maintains continuous operation by automatically transmitting data and executing processes across platform boundaries in real-time, thereby preserving functional versatility while eliminating productivity losses associated with platform transitions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If businesses transition between multiple software platforms for managing operations, then functional versatility is improved, but loss of time increases due to cumbersome platform switching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary integration and data synchronization mechanisms that prepare and pre-process data before platform transitions are needed. By establishing predetermined data mapping rules, pre-configured integration pathways, and proactive data synchronization between platforms, the system eliminates the time-consuming manual data transfer and platform switching operations, maintaining functional versatility while reducing transition time to near-zero.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for facilitating communication between computing systems may include a device which establishes a connection between a first application executing on a first server and a second application executing on a second server. The first application and the second application may be linked to a common account holder. The first application may transmit, to the second application, at least a portion of data associated with the common account holder and accessible via the first application. The first application may generate populated form fields for a form associated with the first application using data from the second application and the data received by the second application from the first application. The first application may generate a new account for the common account holder using the populated form fields received from the second application.