Questionnaire Interface Program Compiler for Custom Data Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Small businesses and individuals face challenges in creating customized data management systems due to the need for advanced software development skills and high costs associated with hosting solutions, which restricts their ability to customize and maintain data storage structures.

Innovation Solution

A computer program product that allows for the creation of a questionnaire interface program through a simplified interface, enabling content designers to query, organize, and analyze information to build a questionnaire interface program, including a database, interface, and compiler to manage and validate user responses.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a customized data management system is created using traditional methods, then the system can be tailored to specific needs, but it requires advanced software development skills and high costs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomization capabilityVSAvoidsoftware development complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal questionnaire interface program that can serve multiple purposes and be adapted to different data collection needs through configuration rather than custom development. The system provides a standardized framework that handles common data management tasks across various applications, eliminating the need for separate custom development for each use case.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses template-based questionnaire designs that can be copied and reused across different projects. Instead of building custom interfaces from scratch, users can replicate proven questionnaire structures and adapt them to specific needs through configuration parameters, significantly reducing development complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Ease of operation

If a hosted content management system is used, then accessibility is improved, but customization and modification capabilities are restricted

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveaccessibilityVSAvoidcustomization capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent separates the questionnaire interface program into distinct modular components including database layer, business logic layer, and presentation layer. This segmentation allows each component to be independently configured and modified through configuration files rather than requiring access to source code, enabling customization within the hosted environment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables customization through configuration parameters and settings that can be modified without changing the underlying code. Users can adjust questionnaire behavior, data storage structures, and interface characteristics by changing configuration parameters, providing adaptability while maintaining the hosted system's accessibility benefits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If advanced software development skills are required, then system functionality can be optimized, but the solution becomes prohibitive for small businesses and individuals

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem functionalityVSAvoidimplementation difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements automated questionnaire generation and validation systems that perform complex functions without requiring expert intervention. The system automatically generates appropriate questionnaire structures, validates user responses, and manages data storage based on configured parameters, enabling non-experts to deploy reliable systems independently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent provides pre-configured questionnaire templates and validation rules that have been prepared in advance. These preliminary configurations handle common scenarios and best practices, allowing users to implement reliable systems by simply selecting and configuring appropriate templates rather than developing functionality from scratch.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8949778B2Method and computer program product for creating a questionnaire interface program
Publication Date: 2015.02.03 CRAIG TECHNICAL CONSULTING INC
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AI summary

A computer program including an interface that may be used by a content designer to manipulate information stored in the database. The content designer may design one or more questionnaire pages, to be included in a questionnaire site, which may be built into a questionnaire interface program by a compiler. The resulting questionnaire interface site may be accessed and manipulated by a client user to respond to the questions included therein. Validation responses may be defined by a content designer, against which responses by a client user may be compared. The various elements included herein may be connected through a network, which may be accessed through a user interface terminal.