Process Automation Framework for Cross-Organization Reuse
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing process automation technologies fail to efficiently automate processes across similar organizations, requiring numerous approvals, lacking configurability, and struggling with multi-device scenarios, leading to inefficiencies and inaccuracies due to manual intervention.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that capture environment and application data, record user actions, determine automation rules, and create an execution sequence to automate processes, enabling efficient reuse and configuration across similar processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If existing process automation technologies are used, then some automation is achieved, but they require numerous approvals and lack configurability for reuse across similar organizations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal automation framework that captures process definitions, environment data, and user actions in a reusable format. The system stores automation rules and execution sequences that can be configured and deployed across multiple similar organizations and processes, eliminating the need to rebuild automation from scratch for each scenario.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary capture and analysis of user actions, environment data, and application data before automation deployment. By recording and analyzing the actual user workflow in advance, the system pre-configures the automation rules and execution sequences, reducing the need for numerous approvals during deployment phases.
2Ease of operation
If manual user actions are performed for process transactions, then flexibility is maintained, but time wastage and inaccuracies occur due to repetitive manual intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures and records actual user actions as they perform transactions, creating a digital copy of the manual workflow. This recorded sequence of actions is then stored as an execution sequence that can be automatically replayed, eliminating the need for repetitive manual execution while preserving the original operational logic and flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The automation system performs self-service by automatically executing the captured user actions without requiring repeated manual intervention. Once the execution sequence is created from the initial user recording, the system autonomously carries out the process steps, eliminating time wastage while maintaining operational accuracy.
3Extent of automation
If existing automation techniques are deployed, then some processes are automated, but they fail in scenarios where multiple computing devices are utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs a universal automation framework that captures environment data including device identifiers and configurations. The execution sequences are stored in a device-agnostic format that can be deployed across multiple computing devices, enabling the same automation to function consistently whether executed on a single device or distributed across multiple devices in similar organizational environments.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for automating execution of processes by a process automation system. The process automation system captures environment data and application data associated with at least one of applications and systems which are utilized for performing a process and records each of user actions performed on at least one of the applications and the systems with reference to the environment data. The process automation system determines one or more automation rules for each set of connected user actions within and between the at least one of the applications and the systems from the recorded user actions for execution of a corresponding activity in the process and creates an execution sequence comprising the one or more automation rules for automating the process.