Management Device for Application Reward Distribution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current reward advertisement systems for mobile applications lack efficiency in promoting customer transfer between applications, as they do not effectively manage user information and reward distribution across different applications, leading to difficulties in identifying and rewarding user interactions.

Innovation Solution

A management device and method that includes an application manager, information acquirer, notifier, and reward processor to manage application-related information, acquire and transmit user data, and grant rewards based on specific conditions, ensuring seamless customer transfer and reward distribution across multiple applications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a reward advertisement system is implemented to promote customer transfer between applications, then application sales promotion is improved, but the system complexity increases due to difficulties in managing user information and reward distribution across multiple applications

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication sales promotionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a management server as an intermediary between terminal devices and applications. The management server centrally manages user information, tracks application execution states, and handles reward distribution, thereby reducing the complexity burden on individual applications and terminal devices while enabling effective customer transfer promotion across the application ecosystem.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The management server performs multiple functions including user information management, application execution monitoring, reward calculation, and reward distribution. This multi-functional approach consolidates complex operations into a single system component, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive reward advertisement capabilities across multiple applications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If user information is tracked across multiple applications to enable reward distribution, then reward accuracy is improved, but information management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereward accuracyVSAvoidinformation management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The management server acts as an intermediary that centrally collects and manages user information from multiple applications. It tracks application execution states and correlates them with user accounts, ensuring accurate reward determination while centralizing information management tasks and reducing the complexity burden on individual applications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where terminal devices report application execution states to the management server. The management server processes this information, determines reward eligibility, and provides feedback through reward distribution. This closed-loop feedback system ensures accurate reward tracking while automating information management processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11475472B2Management device, management method, terminal device, control method, and program
Publication Date: 2022.10.18 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO LTD
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AI summary

A management device includes: an application manager that manages a set of application-related information related to target applications subject to management. A first information acquisitor acquires a first information transmitted from a terminal in response to that any target application included in the target applications executed by the terminal. A first information notifier transmits, to the terminal, a second information upon receipt of a request based on a first target application executed by the terminal. A second information indicates at least one target application for which the first information has not been acquired from the terminal by the first information acquisitor. A reward processor performs a reward-granting process, based on that a second target application, included in the at least one target application which is indicated by the second information transmitted by the first information notifier, has been executed by the terminal or has become executable by the terminal.