Embedded Storefront Modules for In-App Product Transactions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing online advertising and commerce systems disrupt the user experience by requiring users to leave the website or application to view or purchase products, leading to hesitation among users interested in the advertised products.
Innovation Solution
A vertically integrated retail system with embedded storefronts, allowing users to view and purchase products directly within the host application without leaving, using transactional ad units that include interactive content and support virtual currency rewards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users are redirected to a third-party website to view or purchase products, then product information can be displayed, but user experience is disrupted and users hesitate to respond
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the third-party product information delivery system with the host website by embedding iframes containing product content directly within the host website's pages. This allows users to view and interact with product information from external retailers without leaving the host website, thereby maintaining user experience continuity while still providing access to comprehensive product details.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary embedding system that acts as a mediator between the host website and third-party retailers. The iframe technology serves as the intermediary mechanism that enables seamless integration of external product content into the host website's interface, allowing users to access product information without direct navigation to third-party sites.
2Productivity
If users leave the host application to purchase products, then transactions can be completed, but user engagement decreases and friction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the purchasing functionality of third-party retailers with the host application interface by embedding interactive product content within iframes. Users can complete transactions for products from external retailers without leaving the host application, thereby maintaining user engagement and eliminating the time loss associated with navigation to and from external sites.
3Loss of information
If traditional advertising links are used, then users can access product details, but the advertising effectiveness is reduced due to user hesitation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges advertising content with host website content by embedding interactive product iframes directly within the advertising space or website content. This integration allows users to access complete product details and make purchases without leaving the host website, thereby eliminating the hesitation that normally reduces advertising response rates.
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AI summary
A vertically integrated retail system includes an embedded storefront adapted to operate in a distributed manner through independent units embedded in different web sites or content in other host applications. Each unit of the embedded storefront enables a user to purchase goods, services, or other entities without leaving the host application. The units are modules that may be inserted into a web page, application, game, or other electronic media. Units can include product content such as video or animation, images, text, audio, music, or any other type of interactive or non-interactive electronic content. A user may receive virtual currency, virtual goods (such as virtual items or enhancements within a game application), or other rewards for completing transactions using the unit in the host application. Units may be embedded in host content via hyperlinks included in the content or through an application programming interface of a host content provider.