Point Card Selection for Mobile Payment Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in efficiently searching and selecting the appropriate digitized point card from a large number stored on a mobile device, especially in environments with inaccurate positioning information, such as shopping malls.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that includes a position detection unit, a point card selection unit, a controller unit, a payment detection unit, and an output unit. This system periodically detects the device's position and selects relevant point cards, outputting a list triggered by payment detection, thereby streamlining the selection process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a large number of point cards are stored in a mobile device, then customers can have access to multiple point cards from different stores, but the device storage capacity is consumed and the time to load and make point cards available increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by detecting the device's position in advance and pre-selecting relevant point cards before the user needs them. The position detection unit continuously monitors location, and the point card selection unit pre-identifies applicable cards based on the detected position, so that when payment is detected, the relevant point cards are already ready for immediate display and use, eliminating loading delays.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a large number of point cards are stored in a mobile device, then customers can have access to multiple point cards from different stores, but it becomes difficult to search for a particular point card expeditiously
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service by automatically performing position detection, point card selection, and list generation without requiring user intervention. The position detection unit automatically detects the device's position, the point card selection unit automatically selects relevant cards based on that position, and the output unit automatically displays the filtered list when payment is detected, eliminating the need for manual searching through numerous point cards.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from position detection to dynamically adjust and update the point card selection. The position detection unit continuously provides location feedback, which the point card selection unit uses to determine which point cards are relevant to the current location, ensuring that the displayed list always corresponds to the device's current position and payment context.
3Measurement precision
If positioning information with several meters to several tens of meters error is used, then GPS can provide location data, but it is difficult to identify a store simply from the positioning information
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary approach by using position detection as a first-level filter to identify a general area or region, then using point card selection based on stored position-card associations as a second-level filter to identify the specific store. Instead of directly identifying the store from imprecise GPS coordinates, the system uses the detected position to select from pre-associated point cards, effectively using the position data as an intermediary step to overcome its precision limitations.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, comprising: a position detection unit configured to detect a position of the information processing apparatus; a point card selection unit configured to select, from a plurality of point cards stored in advance in the information processing apparatus, point cards associated with the position of the information processing apparatus detected by the position detection unit; a controller unit configured to control processing by the position detection unit and the point card selection unit to periodically repeat; a payment detection unit configured to detect payment associated with the information processing apparatus; and an output unit configured to output a list of the point cards selected by the point card selection unit, triggered by the payment detected by the payment detection unit.