Dynamic Product Offering Adjustment via Circadian Rhythm Forecasting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current business operations and product offerings are not dynamically adjusted to align with the changing micro Circadian Rhythms (MCRs) of consumers, leading to inefficiencies in meeting the fluctuating needs and wants of individuals and groups, as existing solutions fail to respond effectively to the dynamic changes in consumer states.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that analyzes CR data to identify and forecast MCR patterns, correlating them with possible future states to determine the likelihood of transitions, allowing businesses to dynamically adjust their operations and offerings through a notification system that uses forecasting engines, influencer values, and statistical distributions like Poisson and Skellam distributions to predict and respond to consumer states.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If businesses use fixed product offerings and operations, then operational simplicity is maintained, but responsiveness to changing consumer needs deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponsiveness to consumer needsVSAvoidoperational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic product offerings that automatically adjust based on real-time consumer CR state data. The system transitions from fixed operational schedules to dynamic adjustments driven by forecasted consumer states, allowing businesses to adapt offerings to match actual consumer needs without manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback loops where consumer CR state data is continuously collected, analyzed, and used to adjust product offerings. The forecasting engine processes CR state transitions and feeds recommendations back to the offering adjustment mechanism, creating a closed-loop system that continuously optimizes responsiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If businesses implement real-time adjustment systems, then responsiveness to consumer needs improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service automation where the forecasting engine and offering adjustment mechanism operate autonomously based on CR state data. The system automatically identifies optimal offering adjustments without requiring complex manual coordination, reducing operational overhead while maintaining high responsiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The forecasting engine performs preliminary analysis of CR state transitions to predict future consumer needs before they fully manifest. By anticipating state changes and preparing offering adjustments in advance, the system achieves high operational efficiency without requiring complex real-time decision-making infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If businesses collect and analyze CR data, then consumer state prediction accuracy improves, but data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoiddata processing load
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the critical CR state parameters needed for forecasting from the complete CR data set. By identifying and focusing on the most relevant state transitions and influencers, the system achieves high prediction accuracy without processing unnecessary data, reducing computational load while maintaining precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS10572904B2Micro circadian rhythms driven dynamic product offering adjustment
Publication Date: 2020.02.25 KYNDRYL INC
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AI summary

A first Micro Circadian Rhythm (MCR) pattern is identified in a Circadian Rhythm (CR) data of a user. Using the first MCR pattern, a second MCR pattern is predicted during a forecast period. The second MCR pattern is correlated with a set of possible future CR states. A first model of a distribution of a confidence value corresponding to the present CR state of the user is constructed. A second model of a distribution of a confidence value corresponding to a selected future CR state from the set of possible future CR states of the user is constructed. The first model and the second model are correlated to determine a likelihood of the selected future CR state being reachable from the present CR state for the user. When the likelihood exceeding a threshold, an application is caused to adjust a process.