Automated Screening System for Production Competition Submissions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current production competition systems face challenges in efficiently verifying the formal submission requirements of contestants, which can be time-consuming and prone to human error, affecting the quality and consistency of work product.

Innovation Solution

A screening system that automatically checks submissions against predetermined requirements, providing immediate feedback to contestants and reviewers, using a pluggable framework with validators for file type, directory, UML, and other rule validations, ensuring compliance with specified formats and content standards.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual screening of submissions is performed to verify formal requirements, then reviewers can identify formally deficient submissions, but the process is time-consuming and prone to human error

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of formal requirements verificationVSAvoidtime required for screening process

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical screening process with an automated computer-based system that uses algorithms and software to verify formal submission requirements. The screening system automatically checks submissions against predefined criteria, eliminating human error and significantly reducing the time required for verification while maintaining high accuracy standards.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The screening system enables submissions to be automatically verified without requiring manual intervention from reviewers. The system self-services by comparing submission elements against formal requirements, identifying deficiencies, and notifying contestants automatically, thereby freeing reviewers from routine verification tasks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Manufacturing precision

If detailed formal requirements are specified for submissions, then work product quality can be ensured, but the verification process becomes more complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconformity to submission requirementsVSAvoidcomplexity of screening process

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the formal requirements into discrete, checkable elements such as file presence, directory structure, file formats, and content criteria. The screening system processes each element separately through modular verification routines, making the complex verification process manageable and systematic while ensuring comprehensive compliance checking.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms formal requirements into specific measurable parameters that can be automatically evaluated. By converting qualitative requirements into quantitative checks (e.g., file existence, format compliance, structural validity), the system maintains high precision in requirement verification while simplifying the screening process through automated parameter comparison.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10783458B2Systems and methods for screening submissions in production competitions

Publication Date: 2020.09.22 TOPCODER

AI summary

The invention relates to a system and method for screening submissions in a production contest system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a production competition submission from a contestant, automatically screening the submission with a screening system to verify that the submission meets predetermined requirements, and providing feedback to the contestant and a contest administrator regarding the results of whether the submission meets the predetermined requirements.