Privilege Granting System for Shopping Motivation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shopping site incentives fail to sufficiently motivate continuous product purchases by leveraging interactions between shoppers who have purchased the same product.
Innovation Solution
A privilege granting device and method that allows shoppers to post and report activities associated with a product, with a system to determine and grant privileges based on the timing and validation of these interactions, encouraging continuous purchases by showcasing achievements between shoppers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a privilege is granted to a shopper on the basis of a purchase history, then the shopper is motivated to continuously purchase a product, but the motivation is insufficient without interaction between shoppers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the privilege granting device) that mediates between shoppers by managing posts, reports, and privilege determinations. This intermediary enables interaction between shoppers without requiring direct complex peer-to-peer systems, thus enhancing motivation while controlling system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where shoppers post about their product usage, other shoppers report on these posts, and privileges are granted based on this feedback loop. This feedback system enhances shopper motivation through social validation and recognition, transforming a simple purchase history system into an interactive motivation system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a post and report system is implemented between shoppers, then interaction and motivation are enhanced, but the system complexity and operational difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables shoppers to self-manage their posts and receive automatic privilege determinations based on the system's evaluation of reports. This self-service approach allows shoppers to interact and motivate each other without requiring manual intervention from site administrators, enhancing interaction while maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The privilege granting device acts as an intermediary that automatically processes posts, evaluates reports, and determines privileges. This intermediary handles the operational complexity of managing shopper interactions, allowing shoppers to easily participate in the posting and reporting system without dealing with the underlying complexity.
3Measurement precision
If multiple conditions are set for post and report timing, then privilege determination accuracy is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses parameter changes (timing parameters) to determine privilege eligibility. By setting specific time range parameters for when posts should be made and when reports should be submitted, the system achieves precise timing validation without requiring complex logic. The determiner simply checks whether timestamps fall within predetermined ranges.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different timing conditions to different aspects of the system (post timing, report timing, repurchase timing). Each timing parameter is optimized for its specific purpose, allowing precise control over when privileges are granted without requiring a single complex global condition system.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a privilege granting device, a privilege granting method, and a program capable of providing motivation to continuously purchase a product by posting and checking, between shoppers having purchased the same product, that an activity associated with the product has been done. A post acceptor accepts, from a shopper having purchased a product, a post that the shopper has done an activity associated with the product. A publisher publishes the accepted post. A report acceptor accepts a report that another shopper having purchased the product has read the published post and checked a content of the read post. A determiner determines, when the shopper repurchases the product, a privilege to be granted to the shopper according to whether the report is accepted.