Item Compliance Information for Pre-Check Rule Screening

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing computer systems face inefficiencies in processing and managing relationship instances due to unknown effects of digital rules, leading to increased resource usage and canceled instances.

Innovation Solution

A system that generates item sensed data to identify items and retrieve resource information, allowing users to view potential relationship instances and compliance with digital rules, and suggests items that better conform to resource use priorities, thereby reducing unnecessary processing and resource usage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the system processes and manages relationship instances without prior compliance checking, then the processing speed is maintained, but the number of canceled relationship instances increases and resource usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance verificationVSAvoidprocessing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs compliance checking with digital rules before relationship instances are fully established. By generating item sensed data, identifying items, and checking compliance with digital rules in advance, the system prevents non-compliant relationship instances from being created, thereby reducing cancellations and improving overall processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If the system checks compliance with digital rules for all items, then the accuracy of resource information is improved, but the processing time and resource usage increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance information accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables user devices to autonomously check compliance with digital rules and retrieve resource information without requiring extensive centralized processing. By distributing the compliance checking functionality to user devices, the system maintains high accuracy while reducing the processing burden on central systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If the system processes more relationship instances, then the productivity is improved, but the resource consumption increases and hardware requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverelationship instance processing volumeVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and displays key resource information and compliance status to user devices before relationship instances are fully processed. By allowing users to view resource information and compliance details in advance, the system enables informed decision-making without requiring the full processing resources to be allocated for every potential relationship instance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

4Loss of information

If the system provides detailed resource information to users, then the user awareness of digital rule effects is improved, but the data transmission and storage requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser awarenessVSAvoiddata transmission volume
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides detailed resource information and compliance details locally at user devices rather than requiring all data to be transmitted and stored centrally. By generating and displaying resource information at the point of user interaction, the system maintains high user awareness while minimizing overall data transmission and storage requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20260065341A1Independently procurable item compliance information
Publication Date: 2026.03.05 AVALARA INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods electronically provide information regarding digital rules related to a potential relationship instance. Users often wish to know which digital rules apply to a specified item before engaging in a relationship instance with a host entity regarding the item. The system and methods described herein allow a computing facility to identify an item and receive resource information related to the item and the digital rules applicable to the item.