Service Provision Availability Parameters for Related Products
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face limitations in efficiently providing service provisions across different products, particularly in scenarios where a coverage needs to work differently in multiple products, leading to inefficiencies and technical issues with grandfathering and duplication.
Innovation Solution
A system that replaces grandfathering logic with service provision availability parameters defined independently of the service product design tool, enabling an availability script to implement the service provision differently across multiple products without duplication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If grandfathering logic is used to provide coverage across different service products, then the coverage can be made available from one product in another product, but the flexibility in modifying the coverage is limited and limitations apply to other service provisions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the grandfathering logic from the service product design tool and replaces it with service provision availability parameters. This separation allows the availability parameters to be defined independently, enabling flexible modification of service provisions across different products without being constrained by the rigid grandfathering logic. The availability parameters can be configured separately for each product while maintaining the underlying service provision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal service provision that can be shared across multiple service products through the availability script mechanism. Instead of duplicating service provisions in each product or being constrained by grandfathering, the same service provision can be implemented differently across products by configuring availability parameters, achieving multi-functionality and adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If service provisions are duplicated across different service products, then each product can have independent control, but implementation time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the definition of service provisions into a single shared entity that can be referenced by multiple service products. The availability script mechanism combines the service provision definition with product-specific availability parameters, allowing independent control per product without duplicating the entire service provision. This reduces implementation time and cost while maintaining adaptability.
3Reliability
If grandfathering logic is used to continue coverage for existing customers, then coverage availability is maintained, but processor load increases and out-of-sequence transactions cause technical issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces service provision availability parameters as an intermediary layer between the service provision definition and the service product implementation. This intermediary mechanism replaces the complex grandfathering logic with a simpler parameter-based approach that checks availability based on defined criteria, reducing processor load while maintaining coverage continuity for existing customers through the availability script.
Data Source
AI summary
Computing platforms, methods, and storage media for creating service provisions for related service products are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a service provision associated with a first service product; replace a grandfathering logic of the service product design tool with service provision availability parameters defined in a format independent of the service product design tool; and configure an availability script in the service product design tool based on the service provision availability parameters to enable implementation of the service provision in a second service product such that the service provision works differently with the first service product and the second service product.