Event Management Server Automating Coordination

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Solution Overview

Problem

Manual coordination between multiple parties involved in event preparation and execution is cumbersome and time-consuming, lacking an efficient system for effective event management and insight measurement.

Innovation Solution

A server-based system that selects events based on criteria, transmits notifications, receives responses, requests resource procurement, and provides logistic information to user devices and end-devices, automating tasks such as participant determination, resource allocation, and event management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual coordination is used between multiple parties for event preparation and execution, then flexibility and direct communication are maintained, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent management efficiencyVSAvoidcoordination time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The server acts as an intermediary between multiple parties (organizers, participants, vendors, partners) to automate coordination. It receives event data, selects events based on criteria, transmits notifications to user devices, collects responses, requests resource procurement from end-devices, and distributes logistic information, thereby eliminating the need for manual back-and-forth communication while maintaining systematic coordination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The event management process is segmented into distinct automated functions: event selection based on criteria, notification transmission to users, response collection from users, resource procurement requests to vendors, and logistic information distribution. Each function is handled separately by the server, improving efficiency by automating specific tasks rather than requiring holistic manual coordination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If a server-based automated system is implemented for event management, then coordination efficiency and resource allocation are improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent management efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server is designed as a universal platform that performs multiple functions within a single system: event selection, notification management, response collection, resource procurement coordination, and logistic information distribution. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems for each task, thereby improving efficiency without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If automated event selection based on criteria is implemented, then event relevance and participant matching are improved, but measurement and selection precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent selection accuracyVSAvoidcriteria evaluation precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback loops where user responses to notifications are collected and analyzed, and confirmation information from end-devices regarding resource procurement is received. This feedback mechanism allows the server to refine event selection criteria and improve matching accuracy over time, adapting to actual participation patterns and resource availability while maintaining systematic selection processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11356980B2Event management server
Publication Date: 2022.06.07 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A server and a method for event management is provided. The server selects a first event from a plurality of events based on an event selection criteria. The server further transmits a notification, including event data, to a plurality of user devices. The server further receives a first set of responses from a first set of user devices. The server further transmits a request to each of a plurality of end-devices. The request is for procurement of a set of resources required to host the selected first event. The server further receives confirmation information from one or more of the plurality of end-devices based on the transmitted request, and further transmits logistic information related to the selected first event to the first set of user devices based on the received confirmation information.