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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional digital notification systems cannot effectively communicate specific remuneration vehicle information to users when they are making decisions or entering locations associated with suppliers within third-party webpages or smartphone applications.

Innovation Solution

A digital notification server that receives and relays targeted notifications to users in third-party platforms, using a communication interface and electronic processor to manage supplier information and digital notifications linked to remuneration vehicles, allowing for real-time updates and location-based notifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a third-party communication agency is used to distribute digital notifications, then the notification distribution can be achieved through existing platforms, but the supplier cannot communicate specific remuneration vehicle information to users when they are making decisions or entering locations associated with the supplier

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveability to communicate remuneration vehicle informationVSAvoidcommunication system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that sits between the supplier and the third-party communication agency. This server receives notification parameters from the supplier, processes them, and sends targeted notifications to user devices. The intermediary enables precise control over notification content and timing without requiring the supplier to directly integrate with multiple third-party platforms, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If conventional digital notification systems are used, then the system structure is simple, but the system cannot provide real-time location-based notifications or notifications during decision-making moments

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenotification timing accuracyVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by having the server receive and process notification parameters in advance, including location data and remuneration vehicle information. The system prepares notification templates and stores them ready for deployment. When a user enters a target location or makes a decision, the pre-prepared notifications can be immediately transmitted, ensuring timely and accurate delivery without complex real-time processing requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the server receives confirmation when users enter target locations or make payment decisions. This feedback triggers the automated transmission of relevant notifications. The feedback loop ensures that notifications are sent at the precise moment when users are most receptive, improving timing accuracy while maintaining systematic control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20240311741A1Digital notification servers, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media
Publication Date: 2024.09.19 MASTERCARD INT INC
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AI summary

Digital notification servers, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media. In one embodiment, a server including a communication interface, a memory, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive supplier information and a plurality of digital notifications from the supplier interface device, each of the plurality of digital notifications linked to one or more remuneration vehicles of a plurality of remuneration vehicles and the supplier information, store the supplier information and the plurality of digital notifications in the memory, receive a request for the plurality of digital notifications from the third-party server, the request including the supplier information, and output the plurality of digital notifications to the third-party server, wherein the plurality of digital notifications notify a user of the third-party server of a difference between the plurality of remuneration vehicles and other remuneration vehicles.