Transaction Location Tool Using Unique Search Identifiers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic request processing systems lack the ability to efficiently locate electronic processing requests in real-time, leading to resource expenditure and potential delays.
Innovation Solution
A real-time request location system with a transaction location tool that creates a unique search identifier by associating a transaction identifier with an application identifier, enabling efficient and resource-conserving location of electronic transactions within a transaction processing system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If real-time location tracking of electronic transactions is implemented, then productivity and response time are improved, but device complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-assigns unique search identifiers to electronic transactions at the point of entry into the transaction processing system. This preliminary action enables immediate real-time tracking without requiring complex search mechanisms to be built into the core processing infrastructure, thus improving productivity while limiting the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
A transaction location tool acts as an intermediary component that receives search requests, uses unique search identifiers to locate transactions, and returns location information. This mediator separates the tracking functionality from the core processing system, improving response time while containing system complexity through modular design.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive transaction information is stored and searched, then measurement precision and location accuracy are improved, but memory resources and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential unique search identifier from the full transaction data and uses this compact key for location operations. This extraction approach maintains high location accuracy by ensuring unique identification while significantly reducing memory resources required compared to storing and searching all transaction details.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of duplicating or storing complete transaction information across multiple systems, the patent creates a lightweight copy in the form of a unique search identifier that references the original transaction. This copying mechanism enables precise location tracking while minimizing memory consumption and processing overhead.
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AI summary
A real-time transaction location system for quickly and conveniently locating an electronic transaction within a transaction processing system in real time. The real-time transaction location system includes a transaction location tool that is communicatively coupled to the transaction processing system. The transaction location tool can assign a unique search identifier to an electronic transaction received by the transaction processing system based on a received transaction identifier and an application identifier that identifies a processing application of the transaction processing system that is selected based on the format of an electronic message conveying the electronic transaction. The transaction location tool may include a user interface that facilitates real-time location of an electronic transaction within the transaction processing system using the unique search identifier.