Dynamic Menu Presentation System for Real-Time Dish Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing dish recommendation systems in online ordering environments are limited in providing dynamic and customized menu presentations that adapt to current user selections, leading to suboptimal sales and conversion rates.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system for dynamic menu and dish presentation that involves receiving menu data inputs, generating custom presentations with ranked categories and dish configurations, and updating recommendations based on user interactions using machine learning models trained with labeled datasets, incorporating user and contextual data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional product recommendation systems are used based on popularity and historical data, then implementation is simple and reliable, but the system lacks adaptability to current user selections and cannot dynamically update menu presentation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedynamic menu customizationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically generates menu presentations and dish configurations in real-time based on user selections and contextual data. The menu presentation is not static but continuously updated according to user interactions, allowing the system to adapt to current preferences and trends while maintaining a structured framework for data processing and presentation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If dynamic menu presentation is implemented with real-time updates, then user experience and conversion rates improve, but the system complexity and computational requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconversion rateVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback loops where user selections and interactions with the menu are continuously monitored and used to update recommendations. This feedback mechanism allows the system to learn from user behavior patterns and adjust menu presentations dynamically, improving conversion rates while maintaining manageable system complexity through structured data processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters such as menu item ranking, category ordering, and dish configurations based on real-time data inputs including user selections, contextual information, and performance metrics. This parameter adjustment enables the system to optimize presentation dynamically without requiring complete system redesign, balancing improved productivity with acceptable complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If personalized recommendations are provided based on user data, then user experience improves, but data processing requirements and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments data processing into distinct modules: data collection from multiple sources, user profile management, recommendation generation, and menu presentation. This segmentation allows complex data processing to be divided into manageable tasks, improving user experience through personalized recommendations while reducing overall system complexity through modular architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20240037678A1System and method for dynamic menu and dish presentation
Publication Date: 2024.02.01 TECH UEAT INC
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AI summary

A system for menu and dish presentation in a dish ordering environment comprises a front end module including a user interface to be presented on a user computing device and a back end module in data communication with a plurality of data sources and receiving therefrom menu data inputs. The back end module comprises a dynamic menu presentation module to dynamically generate a menu presentation, a dynamic dish configuration scheme module configured to receive user input data regarding a selection of a dish or a built of a dish by the user, from a menu presented in accordance with the menu presentation and to dynamically generate a dish configuration presentation to be presented on the user interface of the front end module.