Presentation Device for Automatic Package Delivery Priority
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current physical distribution systems require users to explicitly input an urgency level for package delivery, making it difficult to automatically classify packages for priority delivery and set appropriate order without user input, which can lead to unsatisfied user desires and inefficient delivery processes.
Innovation Solution
A presentation device that calculates a user's degree of interest in packages based on the difference between delivery notification transmission time and viewing time, automatically classifying packages for priority delivery and setting delivery order without requiring explicit user input, using a processor and communicator connected to user terminals and a delivery vehicle terminal over a network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If users explicitly input urgency level for package delivery, then delivery priority can be determined, but user operation complexity increases and user satisfaction decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines delivery priority by analyzing user behavior data (viewing time of delivery notifications, package reception history, location data) without requiring explicit user input. The system serves itself by inferring urgency levels from observable user actions, eliminating the need for users to manually specify delivery priorities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback loops where delivery notification viewing time and user interaction data are continuously collected and analyzed to dynamically adjust delivery priority. The system learns from user responses to delivery notifications and refines its priority determination algorithm based on this feedback, improving automation accuracy over time.
2Productivity
If delivery priority is determined manually by users, then user-specific urgency can be captured, but delivery efficiency and processing speed decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of user input with an automated information processing system. Instead of users manually entering urgency levels, the system processes digital traces (notification viewing time, app access patterns, location data) to automatically infer delivery priority, significantly improving processing efficiency while capturing user preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of user behavior patterns before delivery occurs. By pre-processing and storing user interaction data with delivery notifications, the system has urgency preference information ready when delivery routing decisions need to be made, eliminating the need for real-time user input and improving delivery processing speed.
3Reliability
If delivery notification is sent to users, then user information is provided, but user degree of interest must be calculated requiring additional processing
Solution Approach 1:
The delivery notification system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it informs users of delivery status and provides data for interest calculation. The same notification infrastructure that communicates delivery information to users also collects viewing time and interaction data needed for priority determination, eliminating the need for separate interest measurement mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The delivery notification acts as an intermediary that bridges information delivery and user interest measurement. By analyzing user interactions with the notification (viewing time, whether it was opened, follow-up actions), the system indirectly measures user interest without requiring separate surveys or explicit user input, simplifying the overall system architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
A delivery notification mail for notifying each of users of information regarding a corresponding one of packages to be delivered by a delivery vehicle is transmitted to a first information terminal (2) owned by the user. Opening time information indicating an opening time of each of the delivery notification mails is received from the corresponding first information terminal (2). A degree of interest of each of the users in the corresponding package is calculated. The degree of interest is calculated on the basis of a difference between a transmission time of the delivery notification mail corresponding to each of the packages and the opening time indicated by the opening time information. Order of delivery of the packages is set on the basis of the degrees of interest. Delivery order information indicating the order of delivery is transmitted to a second information terminal (3).