Web Service Trade Card Aggregation and Rendering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current computing systems lack efficient methods for creating and managing interactive, user-defined trade cards that can seamlessly integrate various data types and tools, limiting user interaction and data organization across different platforms and devices.

Innovation Solution

A web service system that enables users to create and enhance trade cards by aggregating data from multiple sources, providing tools for authoring, data incorporation, cloud accessibility, organization, control, sharing, and input/plug-in services, using intelligent gadgets and feed-driven components, and allowing seamless panning and zooming across multiple scales and resolutions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional computing systems are used for data exchange, then information can be transmitted between devices, but user interaction and data organization capabilities are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interaction capabilityVSAvoidplatform compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The trade card system is designed to be universally compatible across multiple platforms and devices. The build component aggregates data from various web services and creates standardized trade cards that can be displayed and interacted with on different devices including mobile phones, tablets, and desktop computers, eliminating platform-specific limitations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from traditional two-dimensional screen browsing to three-dimensional interactive trade card environments. Users can pan and zoom across multiple scales and resolutions within the trade card interface, adding spatial depth and interaction dimensions that enhance user experience beyond conventional flat displays

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Adaptability or versatility

If web services aggregate data from multiple sources, then trade cards can be enhanced with diverse content, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata integration capabilityVSAvoidsystem architecture
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The build component serves as an intermediary that aggregates data from multiple web services and processes it into standardized trade card formats. This intermediary layer manages the complexity of data integration by providing a unified interface between diverse data sources and the trade card display system, isolating complexity from end users

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system divides the trade card creation and management process into distinct functional modules: web services for data provision, build component for aggregation and processing, interface component for user interaction, and display component for rendering. This segmentation allows each module to be developed and maintained independently, managing overall system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If trade cards support multiple scales and resolutions, then user experience is enhanced, but rendering performance may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinteraction capabilityVSAvoidrendering speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The trade card interface dynamically adjusts rendering resolution and detail based on the current zoom level and device capabilities. At lower zoom levels, simplified representations are displayed for faster rendering, while at higher zoom levels, more detailed content is rendered on demand, maintaining performance across multiple scales

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS9038912B2Trade card services
Publication Date: 2015.05.26 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates servicing a portion of a trade card via a web service. A web service can provide a portion of data to enhance a trade card, wherein the portion of data is at least one of a portion of trade card document-specific data, an intelligent gadget, or a feed driven component. A build component can leverage the web service to utilize the portion of data with the trade card.