Task Harmonization Layer for Cross-Application Data Conversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Incompatibilities between heterogeneous applications and user interfaces lead to inefficiencies in task processing, as only certain user interfaces can handle specific tasks, increasing the time required to complete tasks across an enterprise.
Innovation Solution
A task harmonization layer that receives data from multiple applications, identifies the assigned entity, determines the appropriate delivery context, converts data formats to match the user interface, and transmits data for task initiation and monitoring, allowing tasks to be processed across various user interfaces efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data format conversion is performed for every task to ensure compatibility with user interfaces, then adaptability of the system improves, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs data format conversion in advance, before task execution, by pre-processing task data through the harmonization layer to match the expected format of target user interfaces. This preliminary conversion eliminates the need for real-time format transformation during task execution, thereby maintaining high adaptability while reducing actual processing time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a task harmonization layer as an intermediary component between the task source system and various user interfaces. This harmonization layer acts as a mediator that automatically performs format conversion and compatibility transformation, allowing the system to maintain adaptability to multiple interfaces without requiring each interface to handle format conversion individually, thus reducing overall processing time.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a task harmonization layer is introduced to convert data formats, then compatibility with multiple user interfaces improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The task harmonization layer is designed as a universal intermediary that can handle multiple data formats and transform them to match various user interface requirements. By creating a single multi-functional harmonization layer, the system avoids the need for separate conversion components for each interface, thereby improving compatibility while minimizing the increase in system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The harmonization layer serves as a standardized intermediary that simplifies system architecture by centralizing all format conversion logic in one component. This approach improves compatibility with multiple interfaces while actually reducing overall system complexity compared to having multiple point-to-point conversion mechanisms between different systems and interfaces.
3Speed
If data is transmitted and converted only when errors occur, then processing speed improves, but reliability of task delivery decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation and format verification during the data transmission process, before actual task execution. This allows the system to identify and correct potential compatibility issues in advance, ensuring reliable task delivery while maintaining fast processing speeds by avoiding retransmissions and error handling delays.
Data Source
AI summary
First data associated with a task originating from one of a plurality of applications may be received via a communications network. Thereafter, an entity to which the task has been assigned may be identified to allow for an associated delivery context to be determined. A format of the first data may be converted so that it is compatible with the determined delivery context to generate second data. This second data may be transmitted to a node associated with the entity via the communications network. A user interface associated with the first node may be operable to initiate one or more transactions associated with the task using the second data. Related techniques, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products are also described.