Purchasing Portal Update System Using Segmented Data Templates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Organizations face challenges in efficiently updating and revising content and configurations of purchasing portals without recoding, leading to increased time and effort in maintaining user interface modifications and reducing user convenience due to repetitive personal information entry for multiple product purchases.

Innovation Solution

A computing platform with switchboard output control, content output control, and selectable item availability generation capabilities that establish wireless connections to receive and generate configuration and content updates, allowing for real-time modifications and reducing data reentry through machine learning algorithms and third-party data integration.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If portal content and configurations are updated through recoding, then modification precision is improved, but loss of time increases and productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemodification precisionVSAvoidtime for updates

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the portal update process into distinct components: configuration data, content data, and template structures. This allows individual elements to be modified independently through data updates rather than requiring complete recoding of the portal, thereby reducing update time while maintaining precision through structured data management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining template structures, configuration schemas, and content frameworks before actual portal deployment. This preparation enables rapid updates through data substitution and configuration changes rather than requiring time-consuming recoding operations, thus reducing loss of time while preserving modification precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If portal content and configurations are updated through recoding, then manufacturing precision is improved, but productivity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemodification precisionVSAvoidupdate efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the portal into modular components with distinct configuration and content layers. This segmentation enables targeted updates to specific portal elements without affecting the entire system, significantly improving productivity by eliminating the need for comprehensive recoding while maintaining precision through structured data validation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs copying mechanisms where template structures and configuration patterns are reused across different portal instances and updates. This allows rapid replication of proven configurations and content structures, enhancing productivity by eliminating redundant recoding work while maintaining precision through template consistency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Manufacturing precision

If users enter personal information for each product purchase, then manufacturing precision is improved, but loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata accuracyVSAvoiddata entry time

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal user profile system that stores personal information centrally and makes it available across multiple product purchase transactions. This multi-functional approach allows the same personal information to serve multiple purchasing purposes simultaneously, eliminating repetitive data entry while maintaining data accuracy through centralized validation and consistent profile management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables self-service through automated retrieval and population of user personal information from stored profiles. The system automatically retrieves relevant personal data and pre-fills purchase forms, allowing users to complete transactions with minimal manual input while ensuring data accuracy through the use of previously validated profile information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11199943B2Processing system having a machine learning engine for providing a selectable item availability output

Publication Date: 2021.12.14 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

AI summary

Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhanced selectable item availability processing systems with improved content and configuration update capability and enhanced selectable item availability output determinations. A computing platform may receive a selectable item availability configuration output comprising a configuration update to the selectable item availability output and a selectable item availability content output comprising a content update to the selectable item availability output. Based on the selectable item availability configuration output and the selectable item availability content output, the computing platform may generate an updated selectable item availability output. The computing platform may receive a request to access the selectable item availability output. The computing platform may generate one or more commands to cause display of the updated selectable item availability output and may send, to a user device, the updated selectable item availability output along with the one or more commands.