Universal Protocol for Disparate Legacy System Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for motor vehicle auctions require auction personnel to be physically present at multiple locations, managing different computerized auction management software systems, which is time-consuming and costly, and limits the ability to efficiently compare and manipulate data across disparate systems.
Innovation Solution
A universal protocol and platform that allows for bi-directional operation of disparate computing systems, networks, and databases, enabling a user to generate custom queries and graphical user interface elements, and utilizing rules engines and machine learning for optimized operations, facilitating unified interaction and automation across technically disparate systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If auction personnel physically visit multiple auction locations to manage different computerized auction management software systems, then they can obtain and manage data from each system, but this approach is time-consuming and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a mediator between the user and multiple disparate auction management systems. This intermediary translates universal queries into system-specific queries and aggregates results, eliminating the need for personnel to physically visit each location while maintaining reliable data access from all systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal interface that can interact with multiple different auction management systems through a single standardized protocol. This universal system performs multiple functions by adapting to various legacy systems, allowing one personnel to manage all locations without needing to learn each specific system's requirements.
2Loss of information
If auction personnel individually query each disparate data system with different technical requirements, then they can obtain specific data, but this limits simultaneously available information and requires understanding multiple technical syntaxes
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediary system translates a single universal query into multiple system-specific queries tailored to each legacy system's syntax and requirements. It then aggregates the results from all systems into a unified response, providing complete information while shielding the user from technical complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the complex task of querying multiple disparate systems into individual system-specific query operations. Each legacy system is queried separately with its appropriate syntax, and the results are then integrated into a comprehensive unified response for the user.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple computerized auction management software systems are used across different locations, then each system can be optimized for its specific needs, but this increases device complexity and makes unified management difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal interface layer that can interact with multiple different auction management systems through a single standardized protocol. This universal system adapts to various legacy systems while maintaining consistent operation, reducing the effective complexity for users who interact with only one unified interface regardless of how many underlying systems exist.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure generally relates to the connection, operation, automation, and autonomation of disparate computing systems, networks, and databases. The present disclosure further relates to a method for operating a plurality of legacy systems, comprising: receiving a user input string from a user; parsing the user input string into a plurality of terms; generating, for each of the plurality of legacy systems, based on the user input string, one or more legacy input strings, each of the one or more legacy input strings being executable by each of the plurality of legacy systems and comprising a syntactical arrangement of one or more of the plurality of terms; and instructing the plurality of legacy systems to execute the one or more legacy input strings.