Community Page Membership Management System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional membership management systems fail to provide real-time communication between providers and members, and do not effectively encourage member participation in events due to delayed query responses and lack of access information in event notifications.

Innovation Solution

A membership management system that transfers access information and business information to members via a community page, enabling real-time communication and event participation by associating event information with access information and using location-based event notifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a bulletin board is used for querying and answering, then information can be stored and displayed, but real-time communication between providers and members is not achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time communication capabilityVSAvoidquery response time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a community page as an intermediary platform between providers and members. This community page enables real-time interaction by serving as a mediator that facilitates immediate communication, replacing the traditional bulletin board system that required refresh cycles for updates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If text messages are used to notify members of events, then event information can be transmitted, but members cannot easily access the event site

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent access informationVSAvoidevent site accessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines event notification and event site access into a single integrated solution. The community page serves as both the notification medium and the event site itself, merging these previously separate functions. When members access the community page via the transmitted link, they directly reach the event site without needing to separately locate it.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The community page is designed to serve multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as an event notification channel, provides event site access through embedded links, enables real-time communication, and displays business information. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate systems for each purpose.

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

3Productivity

If conventional membership management systems are used, then basic information can be managed, but member engagement and participation are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemember participation rateVSAvoidsystem structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The community page serves as a universal platform that combines multiple functions: event notification, real-time communication, business information display, and member engagement. This multi-functional approach increases member participation without requiring multiple separate complex systems.

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

Data Source

PatentUS8719343B2Membership management system and method for using a community page
Publication Date: 2014.05.06 NHN CORP
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AI summary

A system and method for managing membership in real-time using a community page that enables communication between a member and a provider is disclosed herein. The membership management system may include an information transferring unit to transfer access information, used to encourage an access to a community page associated with or created by the provider, to at least one member, and a business information providing unit to provide business information of the provider to members who access the community page, via the community page. The membership management system may transmit information associated with an access to a community page to a member, thereby encouraging the member to access the community page. Therefore, the community page may provide real-time communication between the provider and the member.