Electronic Gift Icon Transmission via Communication Network
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for providing gifts to multiple customers through communication networks are inefficient, as they require frequent updates of customer addresses, result in unnecessary shipping charges, and lack a centralized database for tracking gift information, making it time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for providing a gift icon using a communication network that allows users to select and send gifts to multiple recipients from an address book via a communication network, enabling real-time transmission and management of gift icons, including their usage and expiration, through a gift provision system with integrated address book and product information management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If gifts are delivered physically to customers, then friendship and connectedness can be maintained, but unnecessary shipping charges are incurred when address changes are not determined in time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical gift delivery with electronic gift icon transmission through communication networks. The gift icon serves as a digital copy that can be delivered instantly without physical shipping, eliminating shipping charges while maintaining the gift-giving function for customer relationship management
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes the mechanical delivery system (physical shipping) with an electronic information transmission system. Gift icons are transmitted through communication networks using data transmission protocols, replacing the need for physical logistics and address verification
2Productivity
If gifts are transmitted through the Internet to multiple recipients, then gift distribution efficiency is improved, but time and effort are required to repeatedly write postal codes and telephone numbers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service functionality where the system automatically retrieves recipient information (postal codes, telephone numbers) from stored databases or address books. The system performs automatic information filling and management without requiring manual entry by the user, thus maintaining high productivity while eliminating time loss
Solution Approach 2:
The patent stores recipient delivery information in advance in databases or address books before gift transmission is needed. When gifts need to be distributed to multiple recipients, the pre-stored information is automatically retrieved and used, eliminating the need to repeatedly write delivery information
3Device complexity
If a database for recording gift information is not prepared, then system complexity is reduced, but much time and effort are required when information about gift receipt is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple functions into the gift provision apparatus: it serves as both a gift icon transmission system and a centralized database for tracking gift information. The system automatically records and manages recipient information, gift delivery status, and receipt confirmation, providing universal functionality that reduces both complexity and time loss
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a method of providing a gift icon using a communication network. The method includes: providing, by a gift provision apparatus, information about products to a user terminal connected with the gift provision apparatus through the communication network; selecting, by the user terminal, at least one of the products, and inputting, by the user terminal, information of a receipt terminal to receive the at least one selected product, wherein the receipt terminal is separated from the user terminal; transmitting, by the user terminal, a request message for a gift to the gift provision apparatus; and providing, by the gift provision apparatus, the gift icon to the receipt terminal through the communication network, when the gift provision apparatus receives the request message, wherein the gift icon comprises a plurality of images and corresponds to the at least one selected product.