Cross-Website Product Display System Reducing Server Interactions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing e-commerce websites face inefficiencies in processing speed and performance due to the need for users to register and login on multiple websites to access cross-website product information, leading to increased server interactions and redundant responses.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for displaying cross-website information where a first server obtains and computes the similarity of product information with similar product units from a second server, selecting and displaying top similar products without requiring user registration or login, thereby reducing server interactions and improving processing efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users register and login on multiple websites to access cross-website product information, then product information accessibility is improved, but server interaction frequency increases and processing speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduct information accessibilityVSAvoidserver processing speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a cross-website information display system that acts as an intermediary between multiple e-commerce websites and users. This system aggregates product information from different websites and presents it through a unified interface, eliminating the need for users to register and login on each individual website while reducing server interaction frequency and improving processing efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If users register and login on multiple websites to access cross-website product information, then product information accessibility is improved, but number of server interactions increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduct information accessibilityVSAvoidnumber of server interactions

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple website authentication and information retrieval processes into a single unified system. By combining product information from multiple websites and presenting it through one interface, the system reduces the number of separate server interactions required while maintaining broad product accessibility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Loss of information

If frequent logins are required to access cross-website information, then information access completeness is improved, but user time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation access completenessVSAvoiduser time consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-aggregating product information from multiple websites and making it available through a unified interface. Users can access comprehensive product information without performing repeated login actions, as the information is already prepared and integrated in advance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

4Loss of information

If multiple server responses are generated for cross-website requests, then information completeness is improved, but processing performance decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidprocessing performance

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and consolidates product information from multiple website sources into a single integrated response. Instead of generating separate responses from each website server, the system extracts relevant information from multiple sources and combines it into one comprehensive response, improving processing performance while maintaining information completeness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS9734258B2Method and system of displaying cross-website information

Publication Date: 2017.08.15 ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD

AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a method and a system of displaying cross-website information. The method includes obtaining, by a first server of a first website, product information under a category of at least one desired product of a first user. Next, the first server obtains information of similar product units under a product category of a second server, where a similar product unit includes a set of displayable products. The first server then computes degrees of similarity between the product information under the category of the at least one desired product and respective product information of the similar product units. For the product information under the category of the at least one desired product, the first server selects a predetermined number of top similar product units in a descending order of the degrees of similarity, and renders products included in the predetermined number of top similar product units as products to be displayed. The first server displays the products on a web page of the first website that is viewed by the first user.