Commerce Client Device Identifier for Purchase Limiting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The hoarding of limited items like event tickets is facilitated by the internet, allowing unscrupulous individuals to profit by reselling them, depriving others of the opportunity to purchase and attend events.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that uses a commerce client to generate a device identifier based on user-configurable and non-user-configurable parameters, preventing a device from making further purchases for a predetermined period after a transaction, thereby restricting excessive buying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If internet sales are used to sell limited items like event tickets, then ease of purchase is improved, but hoarding by single users becomes possible
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by monitoring device identifiers and tracking purchase history. When a device makes a purchase, the system records the device identifier and prevents that same device from making additional purchases of the same item, creating a feedback loop that detects and prevents hoarding behavior while maintaining ease of purchase for legitimate users
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a commerce client as an intermediary between the user and the online commerce server. This client generates and transmits device identifiers, acting as a mediator that enables the system to track and control purchasing behavior without complicating the user interface or purchase process
2Reliability
If device identifier tracking is implemented to prevent hoarding, then fairness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The commerce client automatically generates device identifiers using the device's own characteristics (such as hardware configuration or software environment) without requiring manual user input. This self-service approach ensures consistent identification across purchases while minimizing the burden on users and avoiding complex manual configuration procedures
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AI summary
A method for preventing redundant purchases of limited items includes steps for providing a commerce client to a user, receiving (a) financial information of the user and (b) a device identifier from a device the user is using to run the commerce client, the device identifier being based on one or more of user-configurable and non-user-configurable parameters of the user device, determining whether a previous transaction has been made with the device associated with the received device identifier, and disallowing the device from executing further transactions for a predetermined period of time. The method may be executed by an apparatus such as a computer server or stored as a series of instructions on a computer readable medium.