Dynamic Information Valuation System for Fair Provider Compensation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information transaction systems fail to enable both information providers and users to gain appropriate profits, as they often result in inadequate compensation for personal information shared, leading to dissatisfaction for both parties.

Innovation Solution

An information transaction apparatus that connects provider and user terminals via a network, allowing for the calculation and transmission of user information based on market demand, with rewards paid to providers based on the value of their information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If personal information is provided through a network for fees, then information users can obtain personal information, but information providers do not gain appropriate profits and information users do not obtain information appropriate for the paid fees

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveprofitabilityVSAvoidinformation quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameter of information valuation from fixed fee-based pricing to dynamic valuation based on multiple factors including information quality, user needs, and market conditions. This allows the system to adjust the value and compensation based on actual information characteristics, ensuring both providers receive appropriate profits and users obtain quality information matching their payments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where information providers receive rewards based on the value and usage of their provided information. This feedback loop enables providers to understand the value of their information contributions and adjust future information sharing accordingly, while users receive information that has been validated through the reward system as high-quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If personal information is shared without proper valuation, then information exchange can occur, but both information providers and users fail to gain appropriate profits

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation exchange efficiencyVSAvoidprofitability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary system that mediates between information providers and users by evaluating information value based on multiple factors and determining appropriate rewards. This intermediary function enables efficient information exchange while ensuring fair profitability for providers, as the system automatically assesses information quality and allocates rewards without requiring direct negotiation between parties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If information is provided based on fixed fees, then transaction simplicity is maintained, but information quality and provider compensation are inadequate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction simplicityVSAvoidinformation quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a self-service system where the information evaluation and reward determination are automatically performed by the system based on pre-set factors and algorithms. This maintains transaction simplicity for users while ensuring high information quality, as the system autonomously assesses information value and provides appropriate compensation without requiring complex user involvement in the evaluation process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS9984400B2Network apparatus and method for control of an electronic data exchange between provider terminal and user terminal based on factor information
Publication Date: 2018.05.29 YAHOO JAPAN CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus, method, and program that control an electronic data exchange. The apparatus, method, and program involve receiving user information on an information provider or a provider terminal from the provider terminal used by the information provider. The user information received is stored in a memory. In the case of accepting an acquisition request for the user information from a user terminal used by an information user, the system controls whether to provide the user information corresponding to the acquisition request to the user terminal and transmits a reward to the information provider which is a transmission source of the provided user information based on factor information which affects a value of the user information stored.