Web Application Document Architecture for Configurable Information Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Small and medium-scale business activities face challenges in managing information effectively due to the high costs of custom software solutions, which are prohibitively expensive for their limited budgets, despite having significant information management needs such as software compliance monitoring across numerous installations.
Innovation Solution
A web-based information management system utilizing a web application document that includes object data, user interface data, and rule data, allowing for the configuration of web applications without the need for custom coding, using markup languages like XML or HTML to provide a configurable and cost-effective solution for information management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If custom software solutions are used for information management, then information management capabilities are improved, but cost is prohibitively expensive for small and medium-scale businesses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal web application platform that can serve multiple different information management needs through configurable web application documents. Instead of building separate custom software for each business need, the system provides a single platform that can be configured through XML/HTML documents to handle software compliance monitoring, collaboration management, and other information management tasks, making the solution universally applicable across different business scenarios while maintaining affordability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses web application documents (XML/HTML files) as configurable templates that define the behavior and interface of web applications. These document-based configurations act as lightweight copies or specifications that can be stored and executed without requiring expensive custom software development for each specific application scenario.
2Quantity of substance
If configurable web application documents are used, then development cost is reduced, but system complexity increases due to markup language configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces web application documents (XML/HTML files) as an intermediary layer between the user's information management needs and the underlying web application platform. These documents serve as a configuration medium that is both machine-parseable and human-readable, allowing businesses to configure complex web application behavior without requiring deep programming knowledge or expensive custom development, thus reducing development cost while managing complexity through a standardized document format.
3Adaptability or versatility
If web application documents with object data, user interface data, and rule data are used, then information management functionality is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the web application configuration into three distinct data components within the web application document: object data (defining data structures), user interface data (defining UI elements and layouts), and rule data (defining business logic and actions). This segmentation allows each component to be independently configured and processed, making the overall system more manageable despite the increased functionality. The web application platform can process these segmented components separately, reducing the complexity burden of handling all three types simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for implementing a web-based information system. A web application system may access a web application document that comprises object data, user interface data, and rule data. The web application system may serve the first user interface page to a first instance of a web application executing at a first user computing device, the first user interface page including first data object attributes of the first data object. The web application system may receive, through the first user interface page, a change to the first data object. The web application system may determine that the rule data describes a first action to be executed in response to the change to the first data object and execute the first action.