Dynamic Predefined Product Review Generation System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Consumers face difficulty in writing product reviews due to the effort involved, leading to skewed reviews with mostly extreme ratings, as mobile devices with small screens and keyboards make the process cumbersome, resulting in fewer reviews that represent consumer opinions accurately.

Innovation Solution

A system dynamically generates predefined product reviews based on user feedback and item attributes, allowing users to accept or modify them, thereby reducing the effort required and providing a more representative sample of consumer opinions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If consumers manually write product reviews, then the reviews provide authentic consumer opinions, but the process is time-consuming and effort-intensive, leading to fewer reviews and skewed extreme ratings

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthenticity of consumer opinionsVSAvoidtime and effort to write reviews
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating draft review content based on purchase data, product attributes, and aggregated consumer insights before the user submits the review. This pre-population of review text, ratings, and comments eliminates the need for consumers to write from scratch, significantly reducing time and effort while maintaining authenticity through user verification and editing capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If consumers use mobile devices to write reviews, then accessibility is improved, but the small screens and keyboards make the process cumbersome and difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccessibility of review processVSAvoiddifficulty of typing on small screens
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates simplified copies of the review interface optimized for mobile devices, presenting pre-generated review content in a format that requires minimal interaction. Instead of requiring full typing capability on small keyboards, the system displays copyable review text, selectable ratings, and simple confirmation buttons, effectively copying the essential review function while adapting to mobile constraints.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Productivity

If the review process is simplified with predefined reviews, then the number of reviews increases and representation improves, but the effort required to create genuine reviews decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of reviews generatedVSAvoidgenuineness of consumer feedback
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback loops where pre-generated review content is continuously refined based on user interactions, edits, and verification. User feedback on the quality and relevance of suggested reviews feeds back into the generation algorithm, improving accuracy over time. Additionally, verification mechanisms ensure that only authenticated purchasers can submit reviews, maintaining genuineness while enabling simplified creation processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11132722B2Dynamic predefined product reviews
Publication Date: 2021.09.28 EBAY INC
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AI summary

In an example embodiment, user feedback on a purchased item is received from a user. Attributes of the purchased item are identified. Then relevant attributes are determined from the attributes, the determination of relevant attributes being based on user information regarding the user. Comments for the relevant attributes are generated based on the user feedback. The comments are then displayed to the user for selection and posting.