Social Chat Price Comparison Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current online shopping experiences require users to exit live chat applications and navigate to separate price comparison tools, making the process cumbersome and inefficient for comparing prices.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that allows users to input and compare prices directly within a social networking application's session window, where the user's account can send commodity information to a server for price comparison results, which are then displayed within the same window, eliminating the need to switch between applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users use conventional price comparison applications or websites separately from live chat applications, then price comparison functionality is provided, but the operation process becomes cumbersome and requires switching between applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the price comparison function with the live chat application by integrating a price comparison module directly into the chat interface. Users can input commodity information and receive price comparison results without leaving the live chat application, thus eliminating the need to switch between applications and simplifying the operation process.
Solution Approach 2:
The live chat application is enhanced to perform multiple functions: both live chat communication and price comparison. The price comparison module is embedded within the chat application, allowing it to serve dual purposes and eliminating the need for separate price comparison tools.
2Productivity
If users input commodity information into separate price comparison applications, then price comparison results are obtained, but the process requires multiple steps including exiting current application and logging into other applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines price comparison functionality with the live chat application interface, allowing users to complete the entire price comparison process within the same application. This integration eliminates time-consuming application switching and login procedures, significantly improving productivity and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes the price comparison module within the live chat application, so that when users need price comparison, the functionality is already available and ready to use. Users do not need to perform preliminary actions like opening separate applications or logging in, as the capability is prepared in advance within the current interface.
3Reliability
If conventional separate applications are used for price comparison, then dedicated price comparison functionality is provided, but user experience deteriorates due to frequent application switching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the price comparison module within the live chat application while maintaining its dedicated functionality. The merged system preserves reliable price comparison capabilities through the embedded module while simultaneously improving ease of operation by eliminating application switching, thus resolving the contradiction between functionality reliability and operational ease.
Data Source
AI summary
Devices and methods are provided for acquiring data comparison information. For example, a session window of a preset account is switched to in a social networking application, wherein the preset account is configured to provide an inquiry service for a target account; first commodity information for price comparison input into the session window by a user is acquired, wherein the first commodity information is sent to the preset account by the target account and the target account corresponds to a client account of the social networking application used by the user; the first commodity information for price comparison is sent to a server, so that the server determines whether a price comparison result associated with the first commodity information for price comparison is saved; the price comparison result sent by the server is received; and the price comparison result is displayed in the session window.