Photonics Product Database Standardization for Searchable Comparisons
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Solution Overview
Problem
Data for photonics products is scattered across the internet and lacks standardization, making it difficult to search, compare, and order these products effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for extracting, processing, and standardizing photonics product data, which includes accessing information from multiple sources, extracting relevant data, converting it into a standardized format, and presenting it through a user interface that allows searching, filtering, and comparing products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If product information is scattered across multiple external systems without standardization, then data coverage is comprehensive, but data accessibility and comparability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized photonics database as an intermediary system that collects, standardizes, and stores product information from multiple external systems. This mediator converts unstandardized data from various suppliers into a unified format, making information accessible and comparable while managing the complexity of data integration centrally rather than at each access point
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies parameter changes by transforming product information into a standardized format with consistent data structures, fields, and representations. This standardization process changes the parameters of how data is organized and stored, enabling efficient searching, filtering, and comparison across diverse product information sources
2Adaptability or versatility
If product data is collected from multiple external systems, then product variety increases, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data processing function into distinct modules: data collection from external systems, data extraction, text and table information processing, standardization transformation, and database storage. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific aspects of the diverse product data independently, managing complexity through functional decomposition while supporting broad product variety
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized database acts as an intermediary that receives diverse product information from multiple external systems and converts it into a standardized format. This mediator handles the complexity of integrating various data sources and formats, allowing the system to support extensive product variety without proportionally increasing processing complexity at user interfaces
3Productivity
If no standardized search system exists for photonics products, then data source independence is maintained, but product search efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameters of data representation by implementing standardized fields, consistent formatting, and uniform data structures for photonics product information. This standardization enables efficient searching, filtering, and comparison operations, dramatically improving product search efficiency and ease of operation while maintaining independence of data sources through the standardized interface
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AI summary
A system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that are configured to, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, access product information for a plurality of products from a plurality of external systems; extract product data from the accessed product information; process text and table information to extract further product data from the accessed product information; standardized the extracted product data; store the standardized product data; store the standardized product data in a database; and present a user interface to user systems that presents standardized information related to the plurality of products that enables searching, filtering and comparing of the standardized information.