Checklist Sharing System via Action Monitoring

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of task management software often recreate checklists for life events like weddings or business planning without knowing that similar checklists exist, leading to duplication of effort and lack of awareness about available resources.

Innovation Solution

A system that monitors user actions on a computer device, identifies relevant transaction records, and notifies users of existing checklists, allowing for download and modification, with a data repository storing transaction records, templates, and checklists, and a checklist application system that learns user preferences to refine search results.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users create checklists in task management software, then checklist organization is improved, but checklist duplication occurs and users remain unaware of existing checklists

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvechecklist organizationVSAvoidchecklist awareness

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system monitors user actions and provides feedback by notifying users when checklists matching their actions are created. This feedback mechanism ensures users are aware of existing checklists before creating duplicates, resolving the information loss problem while maintaining checklist organization capabilities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system acts as an intermediary between users and checklists by monitoring user actions, searching for matching checklists, and notifying users of existing resources. This intermediary function prevents duplication while maintaining the ease of creating and organizing checklists

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of manufacture

If users recreate checklists without knowing they exist, then checklist creation is simplified, but time and effort are wasted through duplication

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvechecklist creationVSAvoidtime for checklist creation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by monitoring user actions before checklist creation and notifying users of existing checklists. This preliminary notification prevents time-wasting duplication while maintaining the simplicity of checklist creation through automated detection and user awareness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

By providing feedback about existing checklists before users create new ones, the system prevents redundant time investment. Users receive timely information about existing resources, allowing them to avoid recreating checklists they already have access to

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9444860B1Method and system for data driven checklist sharing

Publication Date: 2016.09.13 INTUIT INC

AI summary

A method for checklist sharing. The method includes monitoring actions of a user on a computer device, identifying an action of the user, identifying a transaction record based on the action, identifying a checklist based on the transaction record, sending a notification of the checklist to the user, receiving, from the user, a download request to download the checklist, and providing the download of the checklist to the user.