Online Software Platform Digital Rule Prioritization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current computer networks face inefficiencies in updating digital rules based on client inputs, leading to suboptimal resource allocation and accuracy in producing resources, as existing systems lack a systematic approach to prioritize rule corrections and resource management.

Innovation Solution

An Online Software Platform (OSP) that classifies challenges to digital rules, computes statistics, ranks buckets based on challenge frequency, and prioritizes corrections to digital rules, allowing for efficient updating of resources and improved accuracy by focusing on the most challenged rules first.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If the OSP corrects all challenged digital rules simultaneously, then the accuracy of resource production is improved, but the processing time and computational resources are excessively consumed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of resource productionVSAvoidprocessing time for rule corrections
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the correction process by dividing challenged digital rules into multiple buckets based on challenge frequency and priority metrics. Instead of correcting all rules simultaneously, the system processes buckets sequentially, starting with the highest priority bucket. This segmentation allows the system to make targeted accuracy improvements while avoiding the computational overhead of processing all rules at once.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by computing statistics and ranking buckets before actual correction begins. Challenges are aggregated and analyzed in advance to determine priority ordering, allowing the system to prepare a correction schedule that optimizes resource allocation. This preliminary analysis prevents wasted computational effort on low-priority rules during the correction phase.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If the OSP prioritizes correction of frequently challenged digital rules, then the efficiency of resource production is improved, but the completeness of rule updates is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency of resource productionVSAvoidcompleteness of rule updates
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic correction approach where the system continuously monitors new challenges and adjusts the correction schedule accordingly. High-priority rules are corrected first based on current challenge data, but the system remains adaptable to incorporate newly identified issues. This dynamic prioritization maintains efficiency while ensuring eventual completeness of updates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system ensures continuous improvement by processing buckets in sequence rather than completing one batch and stopping. The correction process continues through multiple priority levels, maintaining productive action throughout. This continuous approach ensures that efficiency gains from prioritization are sustained while progressively addressing lower-priority rules to achieve complete coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Ease of operation

If the OSP processes all digital rules with equal priority, then the fairness of resource allocation is maintained, but the system complexity and resource requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefairness of resource allocationVSAvoidsystem complexity for rule management
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameter of rule priority from uniform to variable based on challenge frequency and impact metrics. By introducing priority parameters that reflect actual system needs, the system transforms from a simple but inefficient equal-priority model to a more complex yet manageable differentiated model. This parameter change enables smarter resource allocation without requiring overly complex management overhead.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12166693B1Online software platform (OSP) accessing digital rules updated based on client inputs
Publication Date: 2024.12.10 AVALARA INC
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AI summary

An online software platform (OSP) classifies challenges to digital rules into buckets according to respective challenged digital rules that were applied to produce respective challenged resources. The OSP computes respective statistics for the buckets. Each bucket may have a corresponding statistic associated with the bucket based on a current total number of challenges that have been classified into that bucket. The OSP ranks the buckets according to the respective statistics of the buckets. The OSP may correct, based on the ranking of the buckets, the respective challenged stored digital rule of the selected bucket without yet correcting the respective challenged digital rule of at least one of the other buckets. This correction is stored and included in digital rules to be used to produce resources going forward.