Location-Adaptive Retail App Platform to Reduce App Clutter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Retail businesses face low adoption of standalone mobile apps due to their limited value proposition and specificity, leading to cluttered phone spaces and reduced user engagement, as users prefer generic or aggregator apps over store-specific ones.
Innovation Solution
The OneApp system transforms into different apps based on user location, providing a single app that functions as any other app, acting as a discovery engine for various brands and utilities, eliminating the need for multiple downloads and offering a unified digital access experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users install multiple standalone apps for different stores/brands, then they can access store-specific features and services, but the number of apps on their phones grows too high leading to app clutter and difficulty in managing and finding the right app
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple standalone store/brand apps into a single unified app that serves multiple functions. The OneApp consolidates what would otherwise require separate applications, allowing users to access features for multiple stores and brands without installing individual apps for each one.
Solution Approach 2:
The OneApp is designed as a universal platform that can serve multiple stores, brands, and use cases within a single application. It provides multi-functionality by enabling users to access various store-specific features, loyalty programs, and services all through one app interface, eliminating the need for multiple specialized apps.
2Reliability
If users install standalone apps for individual stores/brands, then they can access personalized information and rewards, but the effort to download and install new apps is not justified due to restricted use case applicability
Solution Approach 1:
The OneApp provides universal access to multiple stores and brands within a single application, delivering personalized information, rewards, and store-specific features without requiring users to download and install separate apps for each store. This multi-functional approach justifies the initial download effort by providing ongoing value across multiple use cases.
3Reliability
If retail businesses provide store-specific apps, then they can offer personalized information and rewards to customers, but the apps do not build a strong enough value proposition to justify space on user devices compared to generic aggregator apps
Solution Approach 1:
The OneApp creates a strong value proposition by combining the personalized information delivery of store-specific apps with the versatility of generic aggregator apps. It serves multiple stores and brands within one application, providing users with personalized content, rewards, and features across different retail contexts, thereby justifying its presence on user devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple store-specific apps with the aggregating capability of generic apps into a single unified platform. This combination allows retail businesses to deliver personalized information and rewards while simultaneously providing users with access to multiple stores and brands, creating a stronger overall value proposition.
4Adaptability or versatility
If users download and install many apps, then they can access various store features, but 75% of all apps are used only once after installation and never used again
Solution Approach 1:
The OneApp consolidates access to various store features into a single application that users are more likely to retain and use regularly. By combining multiple store functionalities in one app, it increases the likelihood of repeated usage compared to individual standalone apps that are downloaded and abandoned.
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-functional nature of the OneApp, which provides access to multiple stores and brands, makes it a more valuable and frequently used application. Users are more likely to keep and regularly use an app that serves multiple purposes and provides ongoing value across different retail contexts, rather than single-purpose apps that are quickly abandoned.
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AI summary
A OneAPP platform system and method provide hyperlocal searching. Each computing device has a OneApp that identifies a user action on the computing device that indicates an interest in a point of interest (PoI) and transform, in response to the user action on the computing device, the OneApp stored on the computing device into a PoI specific App that delivers PoI specific content and offers to the computing device.