Locking Data Analysis for Service Proposal Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current technologies do not effectively provide services to users in conjunction with their movements, limiting the utilization of services based on user location and behavior.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a portable terminal and a server device, which obtain and analyze locking and unlocking data from devices authenticated by the terminal, generating proposal data for services based on user behavior and location, such as home delivery or housekeeping services.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If locking and unlocking data is collected and analyzed to provide services to users, then service relevance and user convenience are improved, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice relevanceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server device as an intermediary between the locking/unlocking terminal and the service provision system. The server collects locking/unlocking data from terminals, analyzes user behavior patterns, and generates service proposals. This intermediary architecture allows complex data processing and service matching to be centralized, reducing the complexity burden on individual terminals while improving overall service relevance and adaptability to user needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If user behavior data is analyzed to estimate location and behavior, then service personalization is improved, but data processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebehavior estimation accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously collecting and storing locking/unlocking data in advance, building user behavior profiles over time. When service proposals are needed, the analysis leverages pre-processed behavior patterns and historical data, rather than analyzing raw data from scratch. This preliminary data preparation and pattern recognition significantly reduces the computational time and resources required for real-time service personalization while maintaining high behavior estimation accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11557159B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.01.17 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to perform obtaining result data indicating a result of locking and unlocking performed by a locking and unlocking device that performs locking and unlocking based on authentication information obtained from a portable terminal carried by a user, and generating, based on the result data, proposal data including a proposal for a service to be provided to the user.