Information Processor for Pre-Development Marketplace Intermediation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current technologies do not facilitate effective intermediation between developers and users of solution products prior to the development stage, lacking mechanisms to assess and manage the influence of user commitments on development risks and investment returns.

Innovation Solution

An information processor and method that create a marketplace platform allowing developers and users to interact before product development, using invitation and application management, development influence degree calculation, and contract condition decision units to establish and manage utilization projects and contracts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a marketplace platform is introduced to facilitate pre-development intermediation, then the efficiency of matching developers and users is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveintermediation efficiencyVSAvoidplatform complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The marketplace platform is segmented into distinct functional modules: invitation management unit, application management unit, development influence degree calculation unit, and contract condition decision unit. Each module handles specific tasks independently, improving overall system efficiency while maintaining manageable complexity through functional separation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The platform introduces an intermediary information processor that mediates between developers and users before product development. This intermediary calculates development influence degrees and determines contract conditions automatically, reducing the need for complex direct negotiations while improving matching efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If development influence degree calculation is implemented, then the precision of risk assessment is improved, but the computational requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverisk assessment precisionVSAvoidcomputational energy

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The development influence degree calculation focuses on key parameters such as user commitment levels and project alignment rather than computing all possible risk factors. This partial action approach achieves sufficient risk assessment precision while reducing computational energy requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms complex risk assessment into a standardized parameter called 'development influence degree' that can be calculated using defined formulas. By changing the assessment from multiple detailed parameters to a consolidated influence degree metric, computational requirements are reduced while maintaining assessment precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If contract conditions are decided based on development influence degree, then the reliability of contract terms is improved, but the time required for negotiation increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontract term reliabilityVSAvoidnegotiation time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Contract conditions are decided in advance based on calculated development influence degrees before the actual product development begins. This preliminary action establishes reliable contract terms upfront, avoiding lengthy negotiations during the development process and reducing overall negotiation time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The platform enables automatic determination of contract conditions through the development influence degree calculation unit. Instead of requiring manual negotiation for each contract term, the system self-services by automatically generating fair and reliable contract conditions based on objective calculations, significantly reducing negotiation time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20230097696A1Information processor and intermediation assistance method

Publication Date: 2023.03.30 HITACHI LTD

AI summary

There is provided a technology that assists intermediation between a developer and a user prior to the development of a solution product. A server includes: an invitation/application management unit that performs use invitation using the solution product on the market place based on invitation information registered beforehand in the developer, that accepts an application by the user to the use invitation, and that sets a utilization project of the solution product by the user; a development influence degree calculation unit that calculates a development influence degree of the solution product on the utilization project; and a contract condition decision unit that decides a contract condition between the developer and the user based on the development influence degree.