Mobile Purchasing Info Redirect to Browser or Messaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in providing a convenient method for users to interact with online commerce services on mobile devices with limited display and processing capabilities, as browsing and purchasing items can be cumbersome due to small screens and limited functionality.
Innovation Solution
A system that transmits purchasing information to mobile devices, determining if a purchasing application is resident, and redirects it to either a browser or messaging application for display, ensuring a consistent user experience regardless of the application's presence.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a dedicated purchasing application is used on mobile devices, then the purchasing process can be streamlined and user experience improved, but the device complexity increases and not all users have the application installed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a redirect mechanism that acts as an intermediary between the purchasing information and the user's device. When purchasing information is transmitted, the system checks whether a purchasing application is present and automatically redirects to either the purchasing application or a browser application. This mediator approach allows the system to maintain ease of operation while adapting to different device configurations without requiring all users to install dedicated applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal redirect mechanism that can handle multiple scenarios: devices with purchasing applications, devices without purchasing applications, and various types of mobile devices. The system uses a single transmitting device that can redirect to different application types (purchasing application or browser application) based on the receiving device's capabilities, making the system universally compatible across different device configurations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If purchasing information is transmitted to mobile devices with limited display capabilities, then online commerce can be accessed, but the browsing and information display becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The redirect mechanism serves as an intermediary that adapts purchasing information delivery to the specific capabilities of the mobile device. By checking for the presence of a purchasing application and redirecting appropriately, the system ensures that purchasing information is displayed in the most suitable application for that device, improving browsing convenience while maintaining online commerce accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically determines the appropriate application for displaying purchasing information based on the receiving device's characteristics. Rather than using a static approach, the transmitting device checks whether a purchasing application is present and adjusts the redirect target accordingly, making the system adaptable to different device configurations and capabilities.
3Ease of operation
If the system checks for purchasing application presence and redirects accordingly, then user experience consistency is improved, but the transmission and processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary checks and redirects at the point of information transmission, before the user interacts with the purchasing information. By determining the appropriate application and initiating the redirect early in the process, the system ensures consistent user experience while minimizing the time impact, as the detection and redirect occur as part of the initial information delivery rather than during user interaction.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for displaying purchasing information on a mobile device. Purchasing information that is transmitted for display using a purchasing application on the mobile device is redirected for display on a browser application or a messaging application when the purchasing application is not resident on the mobile device.