Network Management System Using Entity Score Weighting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional professional web-based networking platforms provide limited information about how changes in user connections impact their network and professional status, making it difficult for users to form meaningful connections with influential people in their industry.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for managing field-specific entity records that determine weightage and importance scores of relations between entities, updating the network based on changes in these scores to identify and enhance beneficial connections.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If conventional professional web-based networking platforms are used, then users can connect with other people, but users receive limited information about how changes in connections impact their network and professional status

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation about network impactVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring changes in entity records and their relations, calculating importance scores, and providing users with information about how connection changes impact their professional status and network value

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that sits between the raw network data and the user interface. This intermediary calculates importance scores and relation weightages, transforming complex network data into meaningful insights about professional status impact

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If users manually identify connections to enhance their network, then they can form meaningful connections, but users must input substantial amount of effort

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork management efficiencyVSAvoidtime for identifying connections

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically monitoring changes in entity records, calculating importance scores, and identifying valuable connections without requiring user intervention. The system autonomously updates relation weightages and notifies users of significant changes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring and analyzing network data in the background, pre-calculating importance scores and relation weightages before users need this information, so that when users access the platform, the analysis is already complete

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If users lack information about connection impact, then they cannot optimize their network, but implementing comprehensive tracking increases system complexity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork optimization capabilityVSAvoidtracking system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses parameter changes by introducing importance scores and relation weightages as new parameters to quantify network value. These parameters transform qualitative network relationships into measurable metrics that can be tracked and optimized

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by focusing tracking and analysis on specific important relations and entities rather than uniformly monitoring all network connections. The system identifies and prioritizes key relationships that have the most impact on professional status

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11275772B2Method and system for managing network of field-specific entity records

Publication Date: 2022.03.15 INNOPLEXUS AG

AI summary

Disclosed is a method of managing a network of field-specific entity records. The method comprises accessing the network of field-specific entity records comprising at least one pair of field-specific entity records within at least one field segment, wherein the at least one pair of field-specific entity records is associated with relations therebetween, and wherein the at least one pair of field-specific entity records comprises a first pair of field-specific entity records and at least one second pair of field-specific entity records; determining a weightage score of each of the relations between the at least one pair of field-specific entity records; determining an importance score of each field-specific entity record; determining a change in the importance score, and/or the weightage score of a relation between field-specific entity records of the at least one second pair of field-specific entity records; and updating the network of field-specific entity records.