Robotic Business Operations Conductor via Servomechanism Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current business management software lacks the capability to autonomously conduct and monitor day-to-day business operations in real-time, relying on human intervention and not supporting parallel sequences of activities, which limits efficiency and scalability.

Innovation Solution

A non-mechanical robotic software utilizing a servomechanism closed-loop feedback control system for automated business operations, enabling automatic generation of feedback to dictate and monitor tasks, and integrating a Data Driven Automatic Generation of Feedback technique to handle variations in business activity sequences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If business management software relies on human intervention to conduct day-to-day operations, then operational flexibility and decision-making quality are maintained, but productivity and operational efficiency deteriorate due to manual processes and lack of real-time automation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidhuman intervention requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The robotic conductor enables business operations to conduct themselves autonomously without human intervention. The system automatically records information, conducts processes, records outcomes, and generates feedback loops that dictate subsequent activities, allowing the business operation to serve itself through automated robotic execution of defined activity sequences

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual human operations with a non-mechanical robotic software system that uses closed-loop feedback control mechanisms. Human intervention is substituted by an automated system that records business operation occurrences, conducts structured activities, and uses generated feedback to autonomously dictate and monitor task sequences in real-time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Extent of automation

If business process management software is designed to aid and improve business functions, then operational guidance and process standardization are enhanced, but the capability to autonomously conduct and monitor operations in real-time deteriorates due to lack of self-driven automation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautonomous operation capabilityVSAvoidsoftware system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements closed-loop feedback control where the robotic conductor automatically generates feedback from recorded business operation data. This feedback is used to autonomously dictate the next activities in the sequence, enabling real-time autonomous operation. The feedback mechanism allows the system to self-regulate and self-direct without human intervention while managing complexity through structured information loops

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The business operation is segmented into structured components: defined activities with unique identities, discrete processes, events, and feedback loops. This segmentation allows the complex operation to be broken down into manageable, automatable units that can be conducted and monitored independently in real-time, reducing overall system complexity through modular organization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Speed

If the software conducts structured business activities automatically, then productivity and operational speed are improved, but the ability to handle variations in activity sequences deteriorates due to rigid automation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time operation speedVSAvoidsequence variation handling
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The robotic conductor implements dynamic sequence handling where the order and execution of activities are not fixed but adapt based on generated feedback. The system can resequence activities in real-time according to actual business operation outcomes, allowing flexible adaptation to variations while maintaining high-speed automated execution through conditional logic and feedback-driven decision-making

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS10467571B2Robotic conductor of business operations software
Publication Date: 2019.11.05 DATTA ASIM KUMAR
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AI summary

This invention relates to non-mechanical robotic software for conducting, dictating and monitoring day-to-day regular activities of business operations of an organization being automated by adaptation of principle of servomechanism closed loop feedback control system of engineering. A “Business Operation” is defined as a sequence of particular order in which related structured activities that serve a particular business goal follow each other, and structured activities are processes and events. The control system operates in real time and automatic generation of feedback for identifying next activity to be conducted is enabled by an innovative data driven automatic generation of feedback technique. This closed loop feedback control system continues conducting activities of all occurrences of business operations automatically until a feedback identifies a terminator activity of a particular occurrence marking completion of conducting that occurrence.