Unified Electronic Form Platform with Version Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current software development and deployment platforms face inefficiencies in creating and deploying advanced electronic forms due to disjointed component configurations, requiring skilled users and resource-intensive processes, which hinder rapid customization and integration into existing systems.
Innovation Solution
A development and deployment platform with a GUI-based environment that allows users to create advanced electronic forms by dragging-and-dropping components, integrating logic and database directly, and providing version control for managing multiple versions, enabling non-technical users to define rules and workflows without programming knowledge.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional techniques are used to create advanced electronic forms with separate interface layer, logic layer, and storage layer, then the forms can be created with proper separation of concerns, but the development process becomes time-consuming and resource-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the interface layer, logic layer, and storage layer into a single unified electronic form component that can be created and managed through a single graphical interface. This merging eliminates the need for separate development teams to work on disjointed layers, while still maintaining the functional separation through automated code generation that preserves proper architectural concerns.
2Adaptability or versatility
If skilled users with programming knowledge are required to create advanced electronic forms, then the forms can have advanced functionality and rules, but the process becomes complex and resource-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a graphical user interface as an intermediary between the user and the complex programming operations. This interface allows users to define advanced functionality, workflows, and rules through visual drag-and-drop operations and configuration panels, while the system automatically generates the underlying code. This mediator shields users from programming complexity while enabling advanced electronic form capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple versions of electronic forms are managed separately without integrated version control, then each version can be independently customized, but tracking changes and comparing versions becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal version control system that handles multiple versions of electronic forms through a single integrated interface. This system provides multi-functionality by combining version creation, modification, storage, comparison, and restoration operations into one unified mechanism. Users can manage all version-related tasks without switching between different tools, reducing management complexity while maintaining full version customization capabilities.
4Adaptability or versatility
If electronic forms are continuously updated over their lifetime, then the forms can adapt to new requirements, but component interactions may break down and failures may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by automatically testing and validating component interactions before deploying updated versions of electronic forms. The version control system prepares updated versions in advance, checks for compatibility and interaction integrity, and only activates them if validation succeeds. This preliminary validation prevents breakdowns in component interactions while maintaining the ability to continuously update forms to meet new requirements.
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AI summary
This disclosure relates to an improved software development platform that enables the dynamic generation and deployment of advanced applications such as electronic forms and/or other applications. The platform includes graphical user interfaces that enable users to drag-and-drop or otherwise insert components into a development window to define the content, functionality, workflow, background processes, and other criteria for the electronic forms. The components may correspond to pre-defined or pre-packaged software bundles that can be integrated into the electronic forms to define input fields, design layouts, application functions, preconfigured templates, and background processes. After electronic forms are completed, options can be selected to deploy the forms in a cloud-based environment or in other ways. This disclosure is also related to improved software development and deployment platforms that provide version control components that are configured to perform various functions associated with managing, controlling, accessing, and/or comparing multiple versions of electronic forms and associated form components.