Marketplace Diagnostics Framework for Online Platform Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

The complexity and unpredictability of online marketplaces make it difficult for users and operators to efficiently analyze and manage them, particularly in determining pricing and revenue from online advertisements, and understanding the structure and interrelations within these platforms.

Innovation Solution

A marketplace diagnostics framework (MDF) that identifies and prioritizes fault diagnosis techniques, executes procedures and measurements to diagnose issues, generates remedies, and evaluates their effectiveness, providing feedback for automation and management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If online marketplaces are analyzed manually without a structured framework, then flexibility in exploration is maintained, but analysis efficiency and accuracy deteriorate due to complexity and unpredictability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanalysis efficiencyVSAvoidmarketplace structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the complex marketplace analysis into distinct diagnostic components: fault identification, procedure selection, measurement execution, and remedy generation. This segmentation transforms the overwhelming complexity of analyzing entire marketplaces into manageable diagnostic tasks, improving analysis efficiency while systematically addressing structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a diagnostic framework as an intermediary layer between the complex marketplace structure and the analysts. This framework mediates the analysis process by providing standardized procedures and measurements, reducing the direct impact of marketplace complexity on analysis efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive diagnostic procedures are implemented, then diagnosis accuracy improves, but system complexity and resource requirements worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediagnosis accuracyVSAvoiddiagnostic system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining diagnostic procedures and measurements before actual marketplace analysis. The framework establishes a library of standardized diagnostic routines that can be selectively applied, ensuring diagnosis accuracy without requiring complex ad-hoc analysis for each situation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies parameter changes by adjusting the scope and depth of diagnostic procedures based on specific marketplace conditions. The system can modify which procedures and measurements are executed, allowing comprehensive diagnosis when needed while reducing complexity for routine analyses.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If automated diagnostic procedures are executed, then operational efficiency improves, but the ability to handle unpredictable marketplace changes worsens due to rigid procedure following

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidresponse to unpredictable changes
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamics by making the diagnostic procedure selection adaptive rather than rigid. The system can dynamically choose which procedures and measurements to execute based on identified faults and marketplace conditions, maintaining operational efficiency while adapting to unpredictable changes through flexible procedure orchestration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where diagnostic results inform subsequent procedure selection and remedy generation. This feedback loop allows the automated system to adjust its behavior based on actual marketplace responses, maintaining efficiency while adapting to unexpected changes through iterative refinement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11144937B2Framework for marketplace analysis
Publication Date: 2021.10.12 YAHOO AD TECH LLC
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AI summary

A marketplace diagnostics framework for analyzing and managing online marketplaces.