Segmented Software Architecture for Time Recording Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large and complex enterprise software systems require a scalable and cost-effective architecture for time recording applications, with existing solutions failing to efficiently integrate multiple components across different hardware platforms and geographical locations.
Innovation Solution
A software architecture design that structures time recording applications as multiple process components interacting through service interfaces, including Project Processing, Time and Labor Management, Accounting, and Goods and Service Acknowledgement components, allowing for deployment on separate hardware platforms and enabling scalable interactions between components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If enterprise software systems are structured as large and complex integrated systems, then functional completeness is improved, but system complexity and difficulty of implementation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the enterprise software system into distinct process components (Project Processing, Time and Labor Management, Accounting, Goods and Service Acknowledgement). Each component is implemented as a separate deployable unit that can be developed, deployed, and maintained independently, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining functional completeness through defined interfaces between components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If software components are distributed across multiple hardware platforms and geographical locations, then system scalability and flexibility are improved, but integration complexity and communication overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing process components with standardized service interfaces that can operate across different hardware platforms and geographical locations. The components use common data structures and communication protocols, enabling them to function universally across diverse deployment environments without increasing integration complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses service interfaces as intermediaries between distributed process components. These standardized interfaces act as mediators that handle communication and data exchange between components located on different hardware platforms and geographical locations, simplifying integration while maintaining deployment flexibility.
3Productivity
If process components are deployed as separate deployable units on independent hardware platforms, then system scalability is improved, but deployment coordination and interface management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system into independently deployable process components that can be deployed on separate hardware platforms. This segmentation enables scalable deployment where components can be added, removed, or updated independently without affecting the entire system, while standardized interfaces manage the coordination between distributed components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic deployment capabilities where process components can be independently instantiated, deployed, and scaled based on operational needs. The flexible architecture allows components to be dynamically added or removed from the system while maintaining operational integrity through well-defined service interfaces.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing time recording. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Project Processing component that is responsible for structuring, planning, and executing measures or projects, a Time and Labor Management process component that supports the definition of employees' planned working time as well as the recording or the actual working times and absences, an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions, and a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component that includes the Goods and Service Acknowledgement business object, which is a document that states the recipient's obligation to pay the supplier for goods received or services rendered.