Smart Drive System for Dynamic Document Structure Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional document management systems lack the ability to create dynamic and fit-for-purpose document structures corresponding to a process flow, leading to data inconsistencies and inadequate tracking of project status, especially in multi-party transactions or projects.
Innovation Solution
A smart drive system utilizing blockchain technology, document tokens, group tokens, and folder tokens to organize and manage documents through a project data structure, ensuring document interconnectivity, immutability, and efficient generation of subsequent documents based on common data patterns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional file storage systems are used to manage documents, then document storage is simple, but the system lacks the ability to create dynamic document structures corresponding to process flow and cannot track project status
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic document structures through a hierarchical token system (project tokens, folder tokens, document tokens) that can be created, modified, and organized according to specific process flows. The system allows document structures to adapt dynamically to different project requirements while maintaining organized hierarchies through parent-child relationships between tokens.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments document management into discrete token units (project tokens, folder tokens, document tokens) that can be independently managed, organized, and tracked. This segmentation enables flexible assembly of document structures while maintaining overall system coherence through hierarchical relationships.
2Productivity
If document management systems are used, then documents can be stored, but the systems do not manage document content and lack flow of documentation to complete transactions
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms through status tracking of document completion within project flows. The system monitors which documents are required, which are completed, and uses this information to guide users through the transaction process, providing feedback on progress and required next steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes predefined project templates and required document lists before transactions begin. This preliminary structuring of document requirements allows the system to guide users through the transaction process systematically, ensuring all necessary documents are collected and managed in the correct sequence.
3Reliability
If conventional document storage is used, then storage is simple, but data errors create inconsistencies and multi-party collaboration is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges document storage with project management functionality, creating an integrated system where documents are inherently linked to their project context. This integration ensures data consistency by maintaining parent-child relationships between project tokens, folder tokens, and document tokens, preventing orphaned or inconsistent document states.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces project tokens as intermediary elements that mediate between multiple parties and documents. These tokens serve as centralized coordination points that track document status, manage permissions, and ensure all parties work from consistent data, reducing inconsistencies in multi-party collaborations.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for managing documents, drives and tokens using a blockchain. A smart drive system may facilitate the creation of a project data structure. The project data structure may indicate a sequence or flow of documents and/or document types. The smart drive system may also manage groups of documents and generate document and group tokens to manage access permissions. The smart drive system may also preserve received or completed documents using a blockchain. In some embodiments, the document may be a contract. The smart drive system may facilitate modifications to the document from other parties, which may represent counteroffers or a negotiation process. The smart drive system may also interconnect documents of a project data structure to create documents with pre-filled data.