MaaS Data Distribution Management With Utilization-Based Incentives
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to incentivize MaaS-related operators to provide data due to the lack of perceived benefits, as they do not calculate or provide incentives based on the utilization status of the data they share.
Innovation Solution
A data distribution management system that includes a utilization status data acquisition unit to track how data is utilized and a calculation unit to determine incentives for data providers based on the utilization status, ensuring they perceive the value of their contributions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data is shared among MaaS operators without incentive mechanisms, then data collaboration can occur, but operators lack motivation to provide data due to perceived lack of benefit
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where utilization status data is collected from data usage and converted into incentive information that is fed back to data providers. This closed-loop feedback creates motivation by showing providers the value their data generates, resolving the contradiction between enabling data sharing and maintaining operator motivation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of operator motivation by introducing incentive information derived from utilization status. Instead of relying on intrinsic motivation, the system transforms the motivation parameter through external incentives calculated from actual data usage patterns, enabling sustained data provision.
2Ease of operation
If incentive calculation based on utilization status is implemented, then operator motivation improves, but system complexity increases due to tracking and calculation mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary component that automatically tracks utilization status and calculates incentives. This intermediary handles the complex tracking and calculation operations, isolating the complexity from operators while maintaining simple user-facing motivation mechanisms. The intermediary translates raw usage data into meaningful incentive information.
3Ease of operation
If utilization status tracking is implemented to calculate incentives, then data provider motivation improves, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential utilization status information needed for incentive calculation from the total data ecosystem. Instead of processing all available data, it selectively extracts relevant usage metrics, reducing the information processing burden while maintaining sufficient data for accurate incentive determination.
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AI summary
A data distribution management system (90) includes a data distribution management device (200). The data distribution management device (200) includes a utilization status data acquisition unit (230) to acquire utilization status data indicating a utilization status in a data utilization device (400) of utilization data including at least part of provided data that is provided by a mobility as a service (MaaS)-related operator and corresponds to movement of a moving object, and includes a utilization status data transmission unit (240) to transmit the utilization status data as data corresponding to the provided data to a data value calculation device (300) including an incentive calculation unit (310) to calculate an incentive for the MaaS-related operator for providing the provided data based on the utilization status data.