Geo-Location Image Customization for Transaction Experience

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Solution Overview

Problem

Customers often fail to discover relevant products or opportunities during transactions due to lack of awareness about available items, leading to missed sales for sellers and unsatisfied consumer needs.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for automatically customizing images on user devices based on geo-location, user profiles, preferences, and environmental data to enhance the transaction experience by suggesting relevant products, thereby encouraging purchases.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional transaction interfaces are used, then device complexity is low, but product discovery opportunities are lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduct discovery capabilityVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes user profile data, transaction history, and product information before the transaction occurs. Image customization templates and product recommendations are prepared in advance based on user preferences, enabling rapid presentation of personalized content during the transaction without adding complexity to the real-time interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses image customization to create visual representations of product recommendations overlaid on or integrated with the transaction interface. Instead of adding complex new interface elements, the system uses image processing and overlay techniques to present additional product opportunities in a visually engaging manner that integrates with the existing interface structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Productivity

If personalized recommendations are provided, then transaction opportunities increase, but data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction opportunity generationVSAvoiddata processing energy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies personalization selectively to specific elements of the transaction interface rather than processing all data globally. Image customization is applied to specific product recommendations based on user preferences and transaction context, processing only the relevant subset of data needed for each personalized recommendation rather than analyzing the entire dataset.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters such as image customization templates, product recommendation algorithms, and presentation formats based on user profile attributes and transaction context. By dynamically adjusting these parameters rather than reprocessing all data, the system efficiently generates personalized recommendations with reduced computational overhead.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If image customization is implemented, then user engagement increases, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagementVSAvoidimage processing system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The image customization system serves multiple functions: it presents product recommendations, enhances visual appeal, provides contextual information, and guides user attention. By using a single image customization mechanism to achieve multiple objectives, the system avoids the need for separate complex subsystems for each function, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high user engagement.

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

Data Source

PatentUS9503845B2Image customization to enhance transaction experience
Publication Date: 2016.11.22 PAYPAL INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments enhance a user's transaction experience. In an embodiment, a system includes a computer memory storing a user profile. The system also includes a computer processor operatively coupled to the computer memory. The computer processor is configured to perform the following operations: determining a location of a user associated with a user device; and automatically changing an image displayed on the user device based on the location of the user associated with the user device and data determined or inferred based on, at least in part, data comprising the user profile.