Alphanumeric Code Sign System for Information Recall
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Solution Overview
Problem
Signs and displays used for advertising or marketing often present a large amount of information that is difficult for viewers to remember, especially when viewed briefly, such as when driving past a billboard or real estate sign, making it challenging for prospective consumers to recall contact information or details about products or services.
Innovation Solution
The use of alphanumeric codes, specifically strings of four to six characters with alternating letters and numerical digits, displayed on signs, which viewers can remember and enter into websites or mobile applications to retrieve associated information, allowing for easy access to additional details about advertised goods or services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If detailed information is displayed on signs, then information completeness is improved, but memorability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments information into two parts: a brief alphanumeric code displayed on the sign and detailed information stored in a database. The code serves as a key that viewers can easily remember, while the full information is retrieved online, thus resolving the contradiction between information completeness and memorability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (website/database) that connects the simple alphanumeric code on the sign with the comprehensive information. viewers use the code as a mediator to access detailed information online, eliminating the need to memorize extensive details while ensuring information completeness.
2Ease of operation
If contact information is displayed prominently, then accessibility is improved, but viewer attention deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts detailed contact information from the physical sign and relocates it to an online database. Only a compact alphanumeric code remains on the sign, which is easily visible and accessible. Viewers can access full contact information online at their convenience, thus improving accessibility while minimizing the time required to process visual information on the sign.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive property details are shown, then information quality is improved, but recall difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent prepares information in advance by storing comprehensive property details in an online database before viewers need them. The alphanumeric code on the sign serves as a pre-prepared key that viewers can easily recall. When viewers remember the code, they can immediately retrieve the high-quality comprehensive information online, thus improving information quality while reducing recall difficulty.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is generally directed to alphanumeric codes that can be used to display and retrieve information. Specifically disclosed herein is a method that includes displaying a visual display that has (i) a four-character alphanumeric code, where the first and third characters are alphabetical letters and the second and fourth characters are numerical digits, and (ii) one or more products or services associated with the code, generating, by at least one processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) that prompts a user to enter the code, transmitting, by the at least one processor, the GUI to the user, receiving, by the at least one processor, the code, retrieving, by the at least one processor, information from a database relating to the one or more products or services, and transmitting, by the at least one processor, the information to the user.