Adaptive Link for Platform-Specific Digital Pass Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in delivering personalized digital passes across different device platforms without requiring specific information about the end-user device, leading to complex infrastructure needs and cumbersome installation processes for both users and companies.
Innovation Solution
A digital pass management system that allows companies to distribute digital passes across various platforms by using a unified URL with key-value pair parameters, enabling device platform-specific generation and delivery of digital passes without pre-knowing the device platform, and allowing for easy customization and installation by end-users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If digital passes are delivered using platform-specific delivery mechanisms for different device platforms, then compatibility and reliability of pass delivery is improved, but device complexity and infrastructure requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal delivery mechanism where a single URL serves all device platforms (iOS, Android, etc.). The system detects the user's device platform through the user agent string in the HTTP request and automatically redirects to the appropriate platform-specific pass delivery service. This eliminates the need for companies to build and maintain separate complex infrastructure for each platform, while still ensuring reliable delivery compatibility across all devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If digital passes are personalized with user identification and location-specific information, then relevance and value of the pass is improved, but data processing complexity and time worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring platform-specific pass templates with all necessary data fields and personalization placeholders before actual pass delivery. When a user requests a pass, the system simply populates these pre-prepared templates with user-specific data (identification, location, etc.) and delivers the personalized pass immediately. This approach minimizes processing time during actual pass generation while maintaining high personalization capability.
3Ease of operation
If companies implement complex systems to deliver digital passes without knowing end-user device information, then ease of operation for companies is improved, but the ability to handle platform-specific requirements worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component - a platform detection and redirection service - that sits between the simple universal URL delivery mechanism and the various platform-specific pass delivery systems. This intermediary automatically detects the user's device platform through the user agent string and redirects to the appropriate platform-specific service. Companies can therefore maintain simple operations while the intermediary handles all platform-specific requirements transparently.
Data Source
AI summary
An adaptive link is generated for delivering a device platform-specific and personalized digital pass. When the adaptive link is activated by an end user, a network request is sent from an end-user device to a digital pass management system. The network request may include header information that identifies the device platform of the end-user device. The digital pass management system extracts query string parameters included in the adaptive link. Based on the parameters, a personalized data set in a specific data format such as JSON is generated. A template that is compatible to the device platform is selected. A digital pass that is compatible with the device platform is generated and delivered based on the requirements of the end-user device. In some cases, the adaptive link may include location information such as latitude and longitude coordinates. The digital pass generated may also be location specific.