Data Seller Widget for Remote Database Preview and Purchase
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Solution Overview
Problem
E-commerce sites lack the ability to offer customers the ability to easily access and purchase customized data subsets from remote databases without requiring local installation, and existing technologies do not facilitate seamless integration with third-party data sellers for real-time data exchange and purchase.
Innovation Solution
A data seller widget integrated into third-party websites enables two-way information exchange between the widget, customer browser, data seller server, and host server, allowing customers to search, select, and purchase data subsets using a user-friendly interface, with real-time preview and SAAS model for data updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If e-commerce sites integrate third-party data seller widgets, then customers can access and purchase customized data subsets without local installation, but the system complexity increases due to multiple servers and APIs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a data seller widget as an intermediary component that mediates between the e-commerce site and third-party data sellers. The widget handles all data exchange operations through standardized APIs, allowing customers to access and purchase data subsets without requiring direct integration with remote databases. This intermediary approach simplifies the customer interface while managing system complexity through encapsulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The data seller widget is designed as a universal component that can be integrated into multiple e-commerce sites and serves multiple functions: data search, data preview, data purchase, and real-time updates. By making the widget multi-functional and universally applicable, the patent reduces the need for separate integration solutions for each function, thereby managing complexity while enhancing ease of operation.
2Reliability
If the system provides real-time data updates through SAAS model, then data currency is maintained, but the infrastructure requirements and maintenance complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service mechanisms where the data seller widget automatically handles data updates through its integration with the SAAS platform. The widget autonomously retrieves updated data from remote databases and refreshes it in real-time without requiring manual intervention or complex maintenance infrastructure. This self-service approach maintains data currency while minimizing infrastructure maintenance complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors data freshness and automatically triggers updates when new data becomes available. The SAAS model provides real-time feedback loops that ensure data currency is maintained through automated synchronization between the widget, the e-commerce site, and the data seller servers, reducing the need for complex manual maintenance infrastructure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the widget enables two-way information exchange between multiple servers and browsers, then data exchange capability is enhanced, but the security and data protection challenges increase
Solution Approach 1:
The data seller widget serves as a secure intermediary that mediates all data exchange communications between the customer browser and the data seller servers. By centralizing data exchange operations within the widget, the system enhances security through controlled access points and standardized authentication protocols, reducing the exposure surface for security vulnerabilities while maintaining versatile data exchange capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses copying mechanisms where the widget creates temporary copies of data for processing and display purposes only. Sensitive data is copied into the widget's memory for immediate use and then discarded, rather than being stored permanently or transmitted through multiple unsecured channels. This copying approach enables versatile data exchange while minimizing security risks associated with data persistence and transmission.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention is incorporated into an interactive web data seller widget that enables any ecommerce site to provide access to and from large, remotely stored databases to its web visitors and for those visitors to prospect/filter within the databases, for example both via geographic and demographic criteria. Users can find, for example, appropriate geographic and demographic matches to any applicable search criteria. Additionally the invention enables the web visitor to order as a deliverable subset of the remotely stored database a detailed list of the required database subset and for the ecommerce site to sell that data subset to the visitor via a web shopping cart and checkout process. And the invention enables the web visitor to preview the selected subset of data from any database prior to placing an order for the same.