Pre-audit System for Form Data Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data transfer systems face inefficiencies as buyers need to review and apply business rules on received data, risking data misuse and requiring complex integration with multiple supplier interfaces, while 'pre-ping' systems still face similar issues.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and apparatus that receive form data from suppliers before delivery to buyers, compare it with buyer-set rules, and transmit response messages, enabling pre-audit access and decision-making without exposing the data, using a common interface to streamline rule application across multiple suppliers and buyers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the purchaser receives the data before performing checks and rules, then the purchaser can evaluate the data quality and make informed decisions, but the supplier risks data misuse and the purchaser may reject data after already having access to it
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a third-party pre-audit service as an intermediary between supplier and purchaser. This service performs data checks and rules evaluation without either party having direct access to the raw data. The intermediary receives data from the supplier, performs auditing using the purchaser's rules, and returns results to both parties without exposing the actual data, thus maintaining security while enabling evaluation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the data auditing function from the data itself by separating the evaluation process. Instead of giving the purchaser direct access to data and having them perform checks, the system extracts the checking and rules application to a separate pre-audit service that operates on metadata and structured data representations rather than the raw data, preventing misuse while maintaining evaluation capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If each purchaser creates and maintains its own data checking rules and suppliers integrate into multiple purchaser systems, then each purchaser can customize rules to their needs, but the system complexity and integration requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal pre-audit service that can handle multiple purchasers' rules through a single interface. The service is designed to be multi-functional, accommodating different purchasers' customized rules while providing a standardized integration point for all suppliers. This eliminates the need for suppliers to integrate into multiple separate purchaser systems while preserving each purchaser's ability to customize their rules.
Solution Approach 2:
The pre-audit service acts as an intermediary that standardizes the interaction between suppliers and multiple purchasers. Instead of direct integrations between suppliers and each purchaser, the intermediary receives data from suppliers, applies various purchasers' rules, and distributes results. This mediator layer simplifies the system architecture by replacing multiple complex integrations with a single standardized interface.
3Ease of operation
If the purchaser performs all data checks and applies business rules after receiving data, then the purchaser has full control over data evaluation, but the data transfer process becomes inefficient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs data auditing and rules application in advance, before the actual data transfer to the purchaser. The pre-audit service evaluates data quality and applicability beforehand, so when data is transferred to the purchaser, the evaluation work is already complete. This preliminary action maintains purchaser control over the rules while significantly improving efficiency by eliminating post-receipt analysis time.
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AI summary
A pre-audit system, apparatus, and method is provided to perform a pre-audit of form data. Form data is received from a supplier prior to the form data being delivered to one or more purchasers. The form data is compared with rules or conditions set by the one or more purchasers. A response message is transmitted to the supplier, where the response message includes one or more results and one or more descriptions related to the one or more results.