Parking Lot Information Management System Personalized Recommendations

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for improving user convenience by notifying store information after parking do not adequately utilize parking time and purchase data to provide personalized recommendations for commercial facility users.

Innovation Solution

An information management system that correlates user purchase information with a point ID and parking time data to transmit tailored recommendation information to the user's terminal, including store and restaurant suggestions based on usage frequency and time of day.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If store information is notified using basic parking position and registered user data, then user convenience is improved, but notification contents remain generic and lack personalization

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidpersonalization of notification contents
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system collects purchase information from the commercial facility and feeds it back to the notification system. This feedback loop enables the system to analyze user purchasing patterns and preferences, then personalize store information notifications based on actual behavior data rather than just registered preferences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of purchase information and user patterns before generating notifications. By pre-processing purchase data and identifying relevant stores in advance, the system can deliver personalized recommendations at the moment of parking without real-time processing delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If purchase information and parking time data are integrated for personalized recommendations, then notification personalization is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization accuracyVSAvoidsystem configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the parking lot management system with the commercial facility's sales information management system. By combining these systems, purchase information and parking time data are integrated into a single notification platform, enabling personalized recommendations without requiring a completely new complex system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The notification system is designed to handle multiple functions: it manages basic parking notifications, processes purchase information analysis, generates personalized recommendations, and delivers time-appropriate suggestions. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If recommendation information is transmitted based on meal time period detection, then timing accuracy is improved, but notification relevance may be reduced for non-meal times

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime period detection accuracyVSAvoidnotification applicability across different times
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The notification system dynamically adjusts its behavior based on the detected time period. During meal time periods, it activates restaurant recommendations with high priority. During non-meal periods, it shifts to recommending general stores and facilities. This dynamic adaptation maintains high relevance across different times while preserving precise time-based triggering.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20240280374A1Information provision method and information management system
Publication Date: 2024.08.22 PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYST CO LTD
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AI summary

An information provision method is implemented by an information management system performing communication with a parking lot management system. According to the information provision method, a point ID and parking time information are acquired from the parking lot management system. The point ID corresponds to a user riding on a vehicle parked in the parking lot. The parking time information indicates parking time at which the user parks the vehicle in a predetermined position in the parking lot. When the parking time is included in a meal time period, recommendation information is transmitted to the parking lot management system to cause an information terminal of the user who corresponds to the point ID to display the recommendation information. The recommendation information represents one or more stores each of whose frequency of use by the user is equal to or higher than a given level, and at least one restaurant.