Event Wizard Server Sequential Planning Guidance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Planning large social events, such as weddings, is a complex and time-consuming process that often requires professional planners, and existing digital solutions like Evite are limited in their ability to guide users through the event planning process comprehensively.

Innovation Solution

The Event Wizard Server provides a knowledge-based system that assists users in planning and managing events by guiding them through multiple prompts and steps, integrating with content servers for vendor and service information, and using social media for contact management, budgeting, and invitation tracking.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a knowledge-based system with multiple prompts and steps is implemented, then the comprehensiveness of event planning guidance is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomprehensiveness of event planning guidanceVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The event planning system is divided into multiple sequential prompts and steps, each addressing a specific planning aspect (venue selection, vendor booking, budget management, etc.). This segmentation allows the complex planning process to be broken down into manageable, guided segments that users can follow systematically.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The knowledge-based system acts as an intermediary between users and the complex task of event planning. It provides structured guidance, retrieves information from content servers, and manages the planning workflow, thereby mediating between the user's needs and the comprehensive planning requirements without requiring users to directly manage system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If professional wedding planner services are used, then the quality of event planning is improved, but the cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvequality of event planningVSAvoidcost

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to plan and manage their own events through automated guidance, vendor information retrieval, and tool-based management. Users can independently complete planning tasks that previously required professional planners, thereby reducing costs while maintaining planning quality through the system's comprehensive guidance capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The knowledge-based system replaces the mechanical system of human professional planners with an automated digital system that provides similar or superior planning capabilities. The system uses algorithms, databases, and automated workflows to deliver professional-grade planning assistance without the associated human service costs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of operation

If existing digital solutions like Evite are used, then the ease of operation is improved, but the comprehensiveness of planning guidance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of operationVSAvoidcomprehensiveness of planning guidance

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system combines multiple functions into a single platform: it provides comprehensive planning guidance across all event aspects, manages vendor information, tracks budgets, handles invitations, and coordinates with content servers. This multi-functional approach maintains ease of operation through a unified interface while dramatically expanding comprehensiveness compared to single-function tools like Evite.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10810526B2Server for selecting a sequential task-oriented event and methods for use therewith

Publication Date: 2020.10.20 IP3 2025 SERIES 925 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I

AI summary

An event wizard server includes at least one processor that executes the event wizard server application that bidirectionally communicates event planning data with a user of a client device via a network interface. The event planning data includes: event type menu data, and event type selection data, wherein at least one event type includes a sequential task-oriented event.