Recursive Plug-in Application Recipe Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for managing plug-in application recipes lack the ability to recursively generate new recipes based on trigger conditions, limiting their dynamic and automated functionality.
Innovation Solution
A plug-in application recipe management system that recursively generates new recipes by executing actions defined within initial PIAR specifications, allowing for the creation of child PIARs with their own triggers and actions, enabling ongoing monitoring and execution of actions based on evolving conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing systems for managing plug-in application recipes are used, then basic recipe management is achieved, but the ability to recursively generate new recipes based on trigger conditions is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements recursive recipe generation where parent PIARs can contain child PIARs within their action definitions. This nested structure allows recipes to be generated within recipes, enabling complex conditional workflows to be built from simpler components while maintaining manageable system organization through hierarchical nesting.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically generates new PIARs at runtime based on trigger conditions being satisfied. Rather than requiring all recipes to be pre-defined, the system adapts by creating new recipes on-demand when conditions are met, allowing the recipe set to evolve and expand automatically based on system state and user interactions.
2Productivity
If manual creation of each plug-in application recipe is required, then system simplicity is maintained, but productivity and automated functionality are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically generating new PIARs when parent recipe conditions are satisfied. The system monitors its own state, evaluates trigger conditions, and autonomously creates new recipes without requiring manual intervention for each recipe creation, thereby significantly improving productivity while maintaining controlled complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Parent PIARs include preliminary definitions of child PIAR specifications within their action fields. This preliminary action embeds the blueprint for future recipe generation directly in the parent recipe, allowing the system to automatically instantiate new recipes when conditions are met, rather than requiring ad-hoc creation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If recursive generation of child PIARs is enabled, then dynamic and automated functionality is enhanced, but monitoring and management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the monitoring responsibility by having the PIAR management application monitor triggers at multiple hierarchical levels - parent PIAR triggers and child PIAR triggers independently. This segmentation allows complex conditional logic to be broken down into manageable monitoring units, reducing overall monitoring complexity while enabling sophisticated dynamic workflows.
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AI summary
Techniques for recursively generating a plug-in application recipe (PIAR) are disclosed. A PIAR management application manages a particular PIAR in an active state. The PIAR management application manages PIAR specifications, each identifying a trigger and an action. The action is conditional on the trigger. The particular PIAR includes a particular trigger and a particular action. The particular action includes a child PIAR specification that defines, for a child PIAR, a second trigger and a second action to be executed when the second trigger is satisfied. In response to detecting that the particular trigger is satisfied, the PIAR management application creates the child PIAR. The PIAR management application monitors the second trigger concurrently with the particular trigger, which the PIAR management application did not do before creating the child PIAR.