Source Code Valuation via Automated Analysis and Centralized Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack a seamless and efficient method for storing, evaluating, and replicating software code, making it difficult for stakeholders to determine the location, complexity, uniqueness, and value of proprietary IP, requiring burdensome and costly processes that often take months to gather information.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for storing and evaluating software code using a processor and memory to receive, store, replicate, and analyze source code, displaying metrics on an interactive dashboard, leveraging AI and ML for efficient IP valuation and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If traditional methods are used to gather IP information, then information can be obtained, but the process is burdensome, costly, and time-consuming taking several months
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing stakeholders to autonomously access and evaluate IP information through a centralized platform. The automated code analysis and valuation algorithms perform evaluation tasks without requiring manual intervention from developers or external consultants, significantly reducing the time and cost previously required for IP audits.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical processes (human review, manual code analysis, multiple system interfaces) with automated digital systems. The AI-powered code analysis engine automatically evaluates code metrics, complexity, and value, substituting the manual work of developers and IP attorneys with automated computational processes that operate continuously without time loss.
2Loss of information
If multiple third-party systems and personnel are contacted to obtain IP information, then comprehensive information can be gathered, but the process becomes complex and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges previously分散 information from multiple sources (code repositories, development systems, valuation algorithms) into a single centralized platform. The code vault integrates storage, analysis, and valuation functions in one system, eliminating the need to interface with multiple third-party systems and personnel while maintaining comprehensive IP information.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized platform provides multi-functionality by serving multiple stakeholder needs (access to code, code analysis, valuation, replication) through a single system. The platform universally handles different types of information gathering requests from investors, developers, and attorneys without requiring separate specialized systems for each function.
3Measurement precision
If manual code analysis and valuation are performed, then detailed code metrics can be obtained, but the process is costly and requires specialized personnel
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual code analysis performed by specialized personnel with automated AI-powered analysis algorithms. The system automatically executes code, analyzes code metrics, and performs valuation calculations through computational processes, eliminating the need for expensive human expertise while maintaining measurement precision through sophisticated algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of code evaluation from manual human assessment to automated algorithmic analysis. By transforming qualitative human evaluation into quantitative automated metrics (lines of code, complexity scores, valuation calculations), the system maintains precision while dramatically reducing cost and removing the need for specialized personnel.
4Ease of operation
If code is stored in traditional repositories, then code can be accessed, but there is no centralized platform for real-time access and presentation of code metrics
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges code storage, real-time analysis, and metric presentation into a single centralized platform. The code vault integrates these functions so that stakeholders can access code and view analyzed metrics simultaneously without needing to switch between multiple systems or wait for manual report generation, enabling real-time information access.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for the storage and evaluation of source code are disclosed. A system in accordance with the present disclosure comprises a processor in communication with a memory storing computer-executable instructions. The processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to receive source code from a database and store the source code in one or more code vaults. The source code is then replicated and analyzed to determine one or more metrics, such as a cost-based valuation metric, representing a cost to replicate the code. The processor is further configured to cause to be displayed, on a user interface, an interactive dashboard, the interactive dashboard displaying the one or more metrics.