Dynamic Email Component Customization via Client-Side User Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing email communication systems fail to effectively customize content for recipients after dispatch, leading to irrelevant information and low engagement, especially in bulk communications.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that dynamically customize emails by using client devices to obtain user data and select a subset of components based on email activity data, displaying only relevant content via a user interface, while excluding irrelevant components.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If bulk correspondences are sent to multiple recipient users, then the quantity of information distributed is increased, but the relevance of content to each recipient decreases and engagement drops

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation distribution efficiencyVSAvoidcontent relevance
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The email content is segmented into multiple components that can be independently selected and displayed. The system divides the correspondence into discrete elements that can be customized for each recipient based on their user data, allowing bulk distribution while maintaining individualized relevance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different portions of the email content are tailored to match the specific characteristics and preferences of each recipient. The system applies local quality by selecting which components to display based on individual user data, ensuring that each recipient sees content specifically relevant to them rather than a uniform message.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Loss of information

If the entire correspondence is displayed to the recipient, then all information is provided, but the recipient may not read or engage with irrelevant content

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidrecipient reading time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and removes irrelevant components from the email content before display. By analyzing user data and identifying which components are not relevant to the specific recipient, the system takes out unnecessary information, allowing the recipient to focus only on relevant content without wasting time on irrelevant portions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of displaying the complete email content to all recipients, the system applies partial action by selectively displaying only the relevant subset of components for each recipient. This approach provides sufficient information for engagement without the excess of displaying all possible content, optimizing the balance between information completeness and reading efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Device complexity

If static email content is sent to all recipients, then the device complexity is minimized, but the adaptability to individual recipient preferences is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemail system complexityVSAvoidcontent customization
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The email content transitions from a static state to a dynamic state where components can be selectively displayed based on recipient characteristics. The system implements dynamics by allowing the email structure to adapt and reconfigure itself for each recipient based on user data, enabling customization without requiring completely different email templates for each user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS10776138B1Recipient-side dynamic customization of an email intended for the recipient
Publication Date: 2020.09.15 CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC
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AI summary

In certain embodiments, a client device may obtain an email including a plurality of components. Responsive to an action to open the email, the client device may obtain user data associated with a user. The client device may determine a subset of components of the plurality of components of the email to be displayed in a customized email based on the user data. The subset of components may be caused to be displayed in the customized email via a user interface without displaying one or more other components of the plurality of components in the customized email.