Subjective User Interface for Enterprise Information Worknets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enterprise software users face difficulties in organizing and coordinating information from various sources such as database records, email systems, news, and collaboration tools, leading to challenges in collaborative information work within business networks.
Innovation Solution
A computer user interface that enables users to create a global directory of data objects, define worknets, instantiate channels, and establish activity spaces, allowing for personalized organization and communication of relevant information assets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users access information from multiple separate enterprise tools and systems, then comprehensive information access is achieved, but system complexity and coordination difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate enterprise information systems (ERP, email, collaboration tools, news feeds) into a single unified user interface called the 'enterprise dashboard'. This dashboard aggregates data from various sources and presents them in an integrated view, eliminating the need for users to switch between multiple applications and reducing the complexity of coordinating information across systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The enterprise dashboard serves as a universal interface that provides access to multiple types of information and functions through a single system. It can display database records, email communications, collaboration tool data, news feeds, and analytical displays simultaneously, making the system multi-functional and adaptable to various information needs without requiring separate specialized tools.
2Ease of operation
If users manually organize information from multiple sources, then information organization is achieved, but time consumption and effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs preliminary organization of information from multiple enterprise sources before presenting it to users. Data from ERP systems, email servers, collaboration tools, and news feeds are pre-aggregated, pre-filtered, and pre-formatted into structured displays on the enterprise dashboard, eliminating the need for users to manually organize this information.
Solution Approach 2:
The enterprise dashboard system autonomously manages the organization and presentation of information without requiring manual user intervention. It automatically retrieves data from connected enterprise systems, organizes it according to predefined or user-specified criteria, and updates the dashboard in real-time, allowing the system to serve itself in the information organization task.
3Adaptability or versatility
If collaborative work is enabled across multiple tools, then collaboration capability is improved, but coordination difficulty and communication overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The enterprise dashboard merges communication and collaboration functions from multiple separate tools into a unified interface. Users can access emails, instant messages, file sharing capabilities, and project management data all in one place, enabling collaboration without the need to switch between applications and reducing coordination overhead.
Solution Approach 2:
The enterprise dashboard acts as an intermediary layer between users and multiple enterprise collaboration tools. It provides a standardized interface that mediates access to underlying systems, translating various tool-specific interactions into a unified user experience and simplifying the coordination of collaborative activities across different platforms.
4Ease of operation
If a unified interface aggregates all enterprise information, then information accessibility is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The enterprise dashboard divides aggregated information into distinct, organized segments or modules (e.g., separate sections for ERP data, email, news feeds, analytical displays). Each segment can be independently configured, displayed, and managed, allowing users to access comprehensive information without being overwhelmed by a monolithic complex interface.
Solution Approach 2:
Different sections of the enterprise dashboard can be customized with different levels of detail, organization, and presentation styles according to local user needs and preferences. Each information module can have its own specific properties and display characteristics, allowing the overall interface to remain manageable while providing tailored access to various types of information.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a subjective user interface that allows a user to define a worknet from a set of data objects of a business enterprise. The user may instantiate channels which are subsets of the worknet. In embodiments, predefined channels may be created and then installed in the user's subjective user interface, which the user may choose as a new channel. Activity spaces may be defined within a channel comprising members of the channel. The data objects that comprise a worknet, or a channel, or an activity space may comprise people as well as non-person (inanimate) entities.