Browser Redirection System for Automated Price Comparison
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Solution Overview
Problem
Third-party websites, such as food delivery services, often demand more resources from users compared to provider websites, necessitating a method to redirect users from these third-party sites when advantageous, as users currently must manually compare prices across platforms.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that monitors user interactions with third-party websites, performs DOM analyses to extract data, compares resource charges, and navigates to provider websites to determine if a redirect is advantageous, displaying a menu with differences and links to the provider website if costs are lower.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually compare prices across third-party websites and provider websites, then they can find better deals, but it consumes significant time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-service price comparison by monitoring user browser sessions, automatically extracting pricing data from third-party websites through DOM analysis, comparing it with provider website prices, and presenting redirect options when savings are available. This eliminates the need for manual price comparison while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical process of price comparison is replaced with an automated computational system that uses browser session monitoring, DOM parsing, and automated navigation to perform price comparisons, data extraction, and redirect recommendations without user intervention.
2Ease of operation
If users access third-party websites for services, then they can access convenient interfaces, but they pay higher resource costs compared to provider websites
Solution Approach 1:
The system acts as an intermediary between users and websites by monitoring browser sessions, analyzing pricing data from both third-party and provider websites, and presenting informed redirect recommendations. This allows users to maintain ease of operation while avoiding higher costs through automated price comparison and redirect suggestions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides real-time feedback to users by monitoring their browser sessions, comparing current pricing with provider website pricing, and presenting redirect options with cost savings information. This feedback loop enables users to make informed decisions about whether to switch to lower-cost options.
3Productivity
If the system performs automated price comparison and redirect recommendations, then user time is saved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs multiple functions within a single integrated architecture: browser session monitoring, DOM analysis and data extraction, price comparison, and redirect recommendation generation. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity compared to having separate systems for each function while maintaining high productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for redirecting a user. For instance, the method may include: determining whether a there is a presence of one or combinations of: a particular webpage of a third party website and particular DOM element(s); performing a first DOM analysis on the particular webpage to extract an entity and first data from at least one of the particular DOM element(s); determining whether an entity website is mapped based on the entity and a mapping of entities to entity websites; performing a navigation process to interact with the entity website and extract second data; and performing a comparison analysis on the first data and the second data to determine whether at least one difference is present.