Multi-Nodal Transfer Visualization via API Data Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multi-destination transfers of goods and funds often involve uncertainties due to lack of visibility and data on intermediary nodes, leading to delays or losses, as products or funds become untraceable during multiple stops along complex routes.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that generates interactive visualizations of multi-nodal transfer routes by identifying API protocols for each node, retrieving status data, and overlaying graphics to provide transparent and dynamic representations of transfer statuses, enabling better interaction between computing systems and users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multi-destination transfers involve multiple intermediary nodes, then the transfer capability and versatility are improved, but the visibility and traceability of the transfer process deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism by continuously collecting status information from each intermediary node through API protocols and updating the visualization in real-time. This allows the system to maintain visibility of the transfer process across multiple nodes by feeding back the current state of each node to the user interface, resolving the contradiction between multi-node transfer capability and process visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary visualization system that acts as a mediator between the multiple transfer nodes and the user. This intermediary layer aggregates information from various nodes and presents a unified, traceable view of the entire transfer process, allowing users to track goods or funds across multiple intermediary destinations without direct access to each node's internal systems.
2Reliability
If real-time tracking of multiple transfer nodes is implemented, then the transparency and control are improved, but the system complexity and data integration requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a universal API protocol framework that can interface with multiple different intermediary node systems through standardized methods. This multi-functional approach allows the system to maintain transparency across diverse nodes without proportionally increasing complexity, as the same core visualization engine handles different data sources through unified protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The system manages complexity by dynamically adjusting parameters such as the level of detail displayed, the refresh rate of status updates, and the depth of historical data retained. These parameter changes allow the system to maintain high transparency when needed while reducing computational burden during normal operation, effectively balancing reliability with system complexity.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive status data is collected from all nodes, then the accuracy of transfer tracking is improved, but the data processing time and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements partial action by selectively collecting and displaying status data based on user needs and transfer criticality. Not all nodes require the same level of monitoring intensity - the system adjusts data collection frequency and depth according to the specific transfer context, maintaining adequate tracking accuracy while avoiding the overhead of exhaustive data gathering from every node at maximum precision.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an approach for generating interactive visualizations for multi-nodal transfers that may involve terminal nodes and multiple transitional nodes by using various protocols to acquire data from computing systems or devices associated with each node. A first visualization layer comprising a set of geographic or physical indicators in a multi-nodal transfer route (which comprises a set of three or more nodes) may be generated. API protocols (and/or non-API protocols) corresponding to each node in the transfer route may be identified. The protocols may be executed to obtain, from computing systems and devices associated with the nodes, data packets used to generate a second visualization layer, which may comprise graphics that visually depict details of a transfer along the transfer route. An overlay of visualization layers may be displayed such that the graphics are displayed in association with multiple nodes.