Indirect Website Control via Machine-Readable Code
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for conducting financial transactions, especially between individuals and businesses, are inconvenient and lack efficient mechanisms for indirect control of websites using mobile devices to read machine-readable codes for transaction details.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes a unique machine-readable code displayed on a website, readable by a user communication device, allowing it to communicate with a server and receive commands to control content on the website, enabling indirect control and facilitating financial transactions through a payer device that can read and process pay codes, including QR codes, NFC, and other machine-readable representations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user directly interacts with a display device to control website content, then the control is direct and responsive, but the user must be physically present at the display device and manually input commands
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the user and the display device. The mobile device captures a machine-readable code from the display, extracts device identification information, and communicates with the server to control the display device remotely. This intermediary approach allows users to control website content without being physically present at the display device, significantly improving ease of operation while the server manages the complexity of the control mechanism
2Adaptability or versatility
If a machine-readable code is displayed on the website to enable indirect control, then remote control capability is improved, but the system requires additional components (code display, code reading, communication path)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the universal capabilities of modern mobile devices, which already possess cameras for capturing images, processing power for decoding machine-readable codes, and communication interfaces for network connectivity. By utilizing these existing multi-functional components, the system achieves remote control capability without requiring specialized dedicated hardware, thereby minimizing the increase in system complexity while maximizing adaptability
3Productivity
If manual input methods are used to control website content, then the interface is simple, but the process is time-consuming and less efficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by having the display device generate and display a machine-readable code containing device identification information before the user needs to control it. When the user points the mobile device camera at this pre-displayed code, the identification is automatically captured and processed, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual input of device identifiers or account information, thus significantly improving productivity and reducing time loss
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AI summary
A method for indirectly controlling a website using a user communication device is disclosed. A unique machine-readable code is displayed on a display device, the unique machine-readable code being specific to the display device displaying contents from a website through a server. The unique machine-readable code is readable by a user communication device, the user communication device in turn being able to communicate with the server through a communication path not involving an input device associated with the display device. Commands to control content displayed through the server are received from the user communication device. The commands include the identity of the specific display device by the displayed unique machine readable code. The content displayed on the specific display device is then changed accordingly.