Semantic Parsing with Knowledge-Based Editor for Data Operations
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Data science projects are time-consuming due to the repetitive and labor-intensive tasks of sourcing, cleaning, and preparing data, with software services being difficult to configure, leading to lost time savings.
Innovation Solution
A data processing apparatus that includes a software library, user interface, parser, knowledge base, software service execution scheduler, and result processor, allowing users to interact with software services via a domain-specific language, automating data processing tasks and recommending next actions based on previous user interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users directly configure and interact with multiple individual software services, then they can access specific data processing functions, but they need to learn the syntax and semantics of each service, increasing the time and complexity of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a natural language interface as an intermediary between the user and multiple software services. Users interact with a single unified interface that translates natural language commands into appropriate service calls, eliminating the need to learn individual service syntax and semantics while maintaining access to diverse data processing functions
2Productivity
If users manually configure software services to execute data processing tasks, then they can perform specific data operations, but the configuration process is time-consuming and offsets the time savings from automation
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically translating user natural language intent into configured service execution. The interface autonomously handles service selection, parameter configuration, and task scheduling without requiring manual user configuration, thus preserving the productivity benefits of automation while eliminating configuration overhead
3Ease of operation
If a unified user interface is provided to access multiple software services, then ease of operation improves, but the system complexity increases due to the need for parsing, scheduling, and coordination mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex system into distinct functional modules: a natural language parser that processes user input, a knowledge base that stores service metadata and relationships, a scheduler that coordinates service execution, and result processors that handle outputs. This modular segmentation manages system complexity by assigning specific responsibilities to each component while maintaining a simple unified user interface
Data Source
AI summary
A data processing apparatus including a library, storing software services, each executing a data processing function; a user interface receiving commands, expressed in a language and defining a data processing target and a data processing request; and a parser. The parser extracting from each command: the request from the language; and the target. A knowledge base maintaining a record of the request and the target; a scheduler obtaining the request from the parser, and compiling a schedule to fulfill the request; a controller controlling execution of the schedule, the target being the input data to the execution, and to output a result; and a result processor obtaining the result, and, based on records of requests and targets, to identify a request candidate, and to output to the user as a selectable command in the language, via the user interface, the candidate with the result defined as a data processing target.