Overflight Charge Auditing Interface for Invoice Discrepancy Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing overfly auditing technologies lack intelligent automation, require rigid invoice formatting, and impose excessive manual user input, leading to inaccuracies and inefficient user interfaces.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented system that automatically converts and processes overflight/landing charge invoices, compares values to thresholds, and presents discrepancies on a single user interface, allowing for parameter filtering and reducing manual input.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If existing overfly auditing technologies are used, then basic charge computation is performed, but intelligent automation is lacking and manual user input is excessive

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomation of charge auditingVSAvoidmanual user input requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically detecting fields and values from invoice documents, extracting relevant charge information, and comparing against expected charges without requiring manual data entry. The intelligent automated auditing system processes documents autonomously, identifying overfly and landing charges through document analysis and performing threshold comparisons automatically.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Manual mechanical operations of data entry and comparison are replaced by an intelligent automated system that uses document processing technologies, field detection algorithms, and automated comparison logic. The system substitutes human-operated mechanical processes with automated computational operations that detect, extract, and analyze charge data from invoices.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If existing document processing technologies are used, then natural language processing is performed, but specific fields of overflight auditing invoices cannot be detected or extracted

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefield detection accuracyVSAvoidextracted charge data

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by using specialized field detection capabilities tailored specifically for overflight auditing invoice structures. Rather than generic natural language processing, the system is configured to recognize and extract specific fields relevant to air navigation service charges, such as overfly charges, landing charges, and associated metadata, with high precision targeted at the specific document type.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters by adjusting document processing settings and detection algorithms to optimize for invoice-specific fields. The field detection and value extraction processes are configured with parameters tailored to identify charge amounts, service types, and routing information in overflight auditing documents, transforming generic processing into specialized extraction.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Stability of the object's composition

If rigid invoice formatting requirements are imposed, then processing consistency is maintained, but adaptability to different invoice formats is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprocessing consistencyVSAvoidinvoice format flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs dynamics by implementing flexible document processing that can adapt to various invoice formats while maintaining processing consistency. The field detection and extraction mechanisms are designed to dynamically adjust to different document layouts and structures, allowing the system to handle multiple invoice formats without requiring rigid formatting requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system achieves universality by being capable of processing multiple types of invoice formats through a single intelligent automated auditing platform. The document processing technology is designed to handle various layouts and structures of air navigation service invoices, making the system versatile across different formats while maintaining consistent field detection and charge extraction capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20260056759A1Intelligent user interface and computer functionality for overfly and landing charge auditing

Publication Date: 2026.02.26 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICAN INC

AI summary

Particular embodiments are directed to automatically determining whether first values—corresponding to overflight/landing charges—indicated in a document exceed a threshold associated with second charges—corresponding to expected overflight/landing charges—and then causing presentation, at a single page of a user interface, of one or more user interface elements that at least partially indicate whether the threshold has been exceeded.