Interfacing Agent for Unified Data Filtering and User Customization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current interfacing systems fail to provide a centralized or unified interface for users to communicate with multiple service providers, and they do not customize data based on user profiles, leading to inefficiencies in managing vast amounts of information from the internet.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that involves creating a user profile with attributes, sending requests to service providers or interfacing agents, filtering response data using the profile to form customized data, and presenting it to the user, allowing for efficient management of information across various service providers and social networks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users directly access multiple service providers to obtain data, then users can access comprehensive information, but users spend excessive time and resources managing and organizing data from multiple sources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomprehensive information accessVSAvoidtime spent managing data
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an interfacing agent as an intermediary between users and multiple service providers. This agent automatically retrieves, consolidates, and organizes data from various sources, presenting unified results to users without requiring direct interaction with each service provider. The agent acts as a mediator that handles the complexity of multi-source data management while preserving comprehensive information access.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges multiple data retrieval operations into a single unified interface. Instead of requiring users to separately access each service provider, the interfacing agent combines multiple data sources and presents consolidated results, reducing the time and effort users spend managing data from multiple sources while maintaining comprehensive information access.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of manufacture

If current interfacing systems provide generic data access, then systems are simple to implement, but systems fail to customize data based on user preferences and profiles

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem implementation simplicityVSAvoiddata customization capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring user profiles with preferences, attributes, and customization parameters before data retrieval. The interfacing agent uses these pre-established profiles to automatically filter, sort, and customize data from multiple service providers according to individual user preferences, enabling personalized data presentation without adding complexity to the core system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by customizing data presentation according to specific user profiles and preferences. Each user receives tailored results based on their individual attributes, interests, and preferences stored in their profile, while the underlying system remains generic and applicable to multiple users. This allows customization at the user level without requiring separate systems for each user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Loss of information

If users interact with multiple service providers directly, then users can obtain specific data, but users cannot effectively manage and organize vast amounts of information from various sources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata availabilityVSAvoiddata management efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The interfacing agent serves as a mediator that automatically manages and organizes data from multiple service providers. It retrieves comprehensive information from various sources, applies user-specific filters and organization rules based on stored profiles, and presents neatly organized results to users. This eliminates the need for users to manually manage and organize vast amounts of information while preserving full data availability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements self-service by enabling the interfacing agent to automatically retrieve, filter, organize, and present data without requiring user intervention in the management process. The agent uses pre-configured user profiles to autonomously manage data organization according to user preferences, freeing users from manual data management tasks while ensuring data is presented in a personalized and organized manner.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20120259826A1Customizable Interfacing Agents, Systems, And Methods
Publication Date: 2012.10.11 ZALILA WENKSTERN RYM
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AI summary

Customizable interfacing agents, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a method for interfacing a user to service providers includes receiving a set of user attributes associated, with a user to form a user profile, receiving a request for data from the user, and sending the request to one or more service providers. The method also includes receiving response data from the one or more service providers in response to sending the request to the one or more service providers. The method also includes filtering the response data from the one or more service providers using the user profile to form user-customized response data, and presenting the user-customized response data to the user.