Intent-Driven Taxonomy for Scalable Information Exchange

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information organization and exchange systems are limited in scalability and functionality, making it difficult for users to discover and share real-time, arbitrarily-organized information across applications, especially as the volume and complexity of information grow.

Innovation Solution

A data store with interconnected items of information forming an intent-driven taxonomy, allowing users to easily discover and exchange information across applications, with features like meta-information association, syndication mechanisms, and republishing rules to manage and transform data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual tagging of information is used before making it available to users, then information can be organized and stored, but the complexity and time required for information organization increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation organizationVSAvoidmanual tagging complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically tags and categorizes information using algorithms and metadata extraction, eliminating the need for manual tagging by users. The platform self-organizes incoming information into relevant categories and makes it searchable without human intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-processes and pre-tags information as it enters the platform, organizing it into categories and relationships before users need to access it. This preliminary organization occurs automatically through automated classification systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Quantity of substance

If large volumes of information are stored in databases, then users have access to more data, but the ability to discover specific information becomes more difficult and frustrating

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation volumeVSAvoidinformation discovery
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments large volumes of information into organized categories, tags, and hierarchical structures. Information is divided into manageable units with meaningful labels that enable efficient navigation and discovery despite the overall volume of data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces intelligent search algorithms, recommendation engines, and automated tagging systems as intermediaries between users and the vast information database. These intermediaries translate user queries into effective searches and present relevant results without requiring users to manually navigate through all available data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If information is organized in traditional databases, then data storage is achieved, but real-time discovery and sharing of arbitrarily-defined information pools across applications is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata storageVSAvoidreal-time information sharing
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements dynamic information organization where categories, tags, and relationships can be created, modified, and discovered in real-time. Users can define arbitrary information pools on the fly, and the system automatically updates indexes and search structures to enable immediate discovery and sharing across applications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a universal information exchange platform that works across multiple applications and contexts. The same organized information structure serves diverse purposes including search, recommendation, sharing, and integration across different software applications, enabling versatile real-time information access.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9058368B2Methods and apparatus for information organization and exchange
Publication Date: 2015.06.16 SIERRA WIRELESS AMERICA
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AI summary

Methods and apparatus for information organization and exchange by providing a data store of interconnected items of information that together form an intent-driven taxonomy. This allows users to easily discover and exchange real-time items of information across applications.