Behavioral Change Promotion Device Using Local Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing behavioral change promotion techniques do not adequately consider individual users' living conditions and habits, leading to ineffective and unsustainable behavioral changes.

Innovation Solution

A behavioral change promotion device that calculates a degree of continuance and behavioral change effect for each user based on their specific features, selects appropriate behavioral change types, and promotes those changes to enhance sustainability and effectiveness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If generic behavioral change promotion techniques are used, then the promotion process is simple, but the behavioral change is not sustainable and effective for individual users

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesustainability of behavioral changeVSAvoidcomplexity of promotion system
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by tailoring behavioral change promotions to individual users based on their specific characteristics, living conditions, and habits. Instead of using generic promotion techniques, the system calculates degree of continuance and behavioral change effect specifically for each user, selecting and promoting behavioral changes that are most suitable for their individual circumstances, thereby improving sustainability and effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes key parameters by calculating the degree of continuance and behavioral change effect as quantitative metrics for each user. The system uses these calculated parameters to determine which behavioral changes to promote, transforming the promotion process from qualitative guesswork to quantitative optimization based on user-specific data

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If behavioral changes are promoted without considering individual user characteristics, then the promotion process is efficient, but the behavioral change effect is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebehavioral change effectVSAvoidtime for calculation and selection
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-calculating the degree of continuance and behavioral change effect for multiple potential behavioral changes before the actual promotion occurs. The system uses user information stored in advance to compute these metrics, so that when promotion is needed, the calculations are already ready or can be quickly performed based on pre-established models, reducing real-time processing time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If individualized behavioral change promotion is implemented, then the continuance and effect are improved, but the calculation and selection process becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontinuance of behavioral changeVSAvoidcomplexity of calculation and selection
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies universality by creating a multi-functional calculation unit that handles multiple tasks: it calculates the degree of continuance, calculates the behavioral change effect, and selects the optimal behavioral change type. This integrated approach consolidates what would otherwise be separate complex processes into a unified system that efficiently handles individualized promotion for multiple users

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

Data Source

PatentUS20240354640A1Behavioral change promotion device
Publication Date: 2024.10.24 NTT DOCOMO INC
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AI summary

A behavioral change promotion device is a behavioral change promotion device for prompting each predetermined target user to perform a behavioral change and includes: a calculation unit configured continuance to calculate a degree of indicating continuance/discontinuance and a behavior change effect indicating an effect when a behavioral change is performed of each of a plurality of predetermined behavioral change types based on user information (first user information) including features of the target users for each target user; a selection unit configured to select a behavioral change type to be presented to a user out of the plurality of behavioral change types based on the degree of continuance and the behavioral change effect calculated by the calculation unit for each target user; and a promotion unit configured to promote a behavioral change for each user based on the behavioral change type to be presented to the user selected by the selection unit.