Machine-Learned Data Enrichment for Diversity Entity Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems in corporate environments, including cloud-based systems, face challenges in efficiently managing and connecting diverse entities, such as minority-owned businesses, due to system compatibility issues, which hinders meeting diversity goals and unlocking business opportunities.

Innovation Solution

A data enrichment platform that uses machine-learned models to aggregate diversity data from raw data providers like Dun & Bradstreet, creating a summary table with custom fields that align with organizational diversity goals, enabling efficient access and management of diverse entities through front-end tools.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional data management systems are used to manage entity data, then system compatibility is maintained, but efficiency in finding and managing diverse entities is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency in finding and managing diverse entitiesVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary layer between raw data providers and the summary table. This intermediary processes raw entity data through machine learning models to automatically derive and populate custom fields in the summary table, enabling efficient diversity entity management without direct system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary data processing and enrichment before data is needed for analysis. By pre-processing raw data to create enriched summary tables with derived custom fields, the system prepares data in advance for efficient querying and analysis of diverse entities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of time

If manual data processing is used to create summary tables, then data accuracy can be ensured, but time consumption is excessive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime to create and update summary tablesVSAvoiddata accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical data processing with automated machine learning models. These models automatically derive custom field values from raw data, eliminating time-consuming manual operations while maintaining data accuracy through algorithmic consistency and validation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service data enrichment where the machine learning models automatically process and enrich raw data without human intervention. The models derive custom fields autonomously, updating summary tables automatically, which reduces time loss while maintaining accuracy through automated validation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of information

If comprehensive diversity data is collected from multiple providers, then completeness of diversity information is improved, but system compatibility issues increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of diversity informationVSAvoidsystem compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal summary table structure that can accommodate diversity data from multiple providers. The machine learning models process and normalize data from different sources into a common format, enabling the system to handle multiple data providers universally without compatibility issues

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms raw data parameters from different providers into standardized custom field parameters. By changing the parameter format and structure through machine learning processing, the system maintains data completeness while ensuring compatibility across different data sources

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11238077B2Auto derivation of summary data using machine learning
Publication Date: 2022.02.01 SAP SE
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AI summary

A method of processing raw data as it is received from a data provider via an input channel is disclosed. Values are derived from the raw data as it is received from the data provider via the input channel. The derived values correspond to custom fields of a summary table. The summary table is configured to store a summary of the raw data. The custom fields correspond to data capable of improving an analysis of an entity by an analysis tool. The derived values are inserted into the custom fields of the summary table. Access to the summary table is provided as enriched data for use by the analysis tool to improve the analysis of the entity.