Packaged Goods Interface Personalization Through AI Scanning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional user interfaces for personal electronic devices are often generic and static, failing to adapt to individual user needs, relying on statistical design choices and requiring manual configuration, and lacking dynamic customization based on user interactions.

Innovation Solution

A system and method utilizing a computing device with a scanner, AI engine, and local database to dynamically customize the user interface by scanning product packaging, accessing geographic information, recording user interactions, and providing personalized product recommendations based on user preferences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional static user interfaces are used, then device complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but adaptability to individual user needs deteriorates and user experience becomes generic

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to user needsVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The user interface transitions from a static configuration to a dynamic one that automatically adapts based on user interactions. The system continuously learns from user behavior patterns and reconfigures interface elements, toolbars, and menus in real-time without requiring manual intervention, thereby achieving adaptability while maintaining simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The interface system performs self-configuration by automatically analyzing user interaction patterns and reorganizing itself without user intervention. The AI engine monitors usage patterns, identifies preferences, and autonomously customizes the interface layout, eliminating the need for manual configuration while providing personalized experiences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If static interfaces requiring manual configuration are used, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates due to repetitive configuration tasks

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of useVSAvoidconfiguration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The interface automatically configures itself by monitoring user interactions and adapting its layout, toolbars, and menus based on detected usage patterns. This eliminates repetitive manual configuration tasks while providing a personalized experience that improves ease of operation without increasing user-facing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors user interaction feedback and uses this information to automatically adjust the interface configuration. By analyzing click patterns, time spent on different functions, and usage frequency, the system learns user preferences and reconfigures the interface accordingly, eliminating the need for manual setup while improving operational ease.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If generic interfaces designed for typical use cases are used, then device complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to unnecessary interface elements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser efficiencyVSAvoidinterface elements
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and removes unnecessary interface elements that are not relevant to the specific user's workflow. By analyzing usage patterns, the AI engine identifies and hides rarely used functions while promoting frequently used features to more accessible positions, thereby reducing interface clutter and improving productivity without compromising the underlying system's completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The interface dynamically reconfigures itself based on real-time analysis of user behavior, automatically optimizing the arrangement and visibility of interface elements. This dynamic adaptation ensures that the most relevant tools are always accessible while minimizing distractions from unnecessary elements, thereby enhancing user efficiency without requiring a complex fixed interface design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250272736A1System and method of dynamically customizable interface for packaged goods
Publication Date: 2025.08.28 2524331 ALBERTA LTD
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AI summary

Herein is disclosed a method of displaying a dynamically customized user interface for a plurality of products on a computing device, the method comprising: receiving product data; receiving search parameters; generating an initial product ranking; generating an initial user interface king; displaying the initial user interface on the computing device; receiving an attribute ranking; generating a personalized product ranking based on the product attributes, the product search parameters, and the attribute ranking; generating a personalized user interface; and displaying the personalized user interface on the computing device.