Automatic Product Comparison System with Reward Redemption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current product comparison methods require users to navigate multiple websites, fail to effectively communicate true costs considering rewards redemptions, and often lead to delayed or erroneous gift card use due to manual processing.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automatic product comparison that monitors browser sessions, extracts product information, generates user interfaces with comparison and redemption information, and automatically applies gift cards to shopping carts, reducing resource usage and transcription errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually navigate multiple websites to compare products, then they can access detailed product information, but it consumes significant time and processor resources
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads and stores product information from multiple websites in a database before the user needs it. When a user views a product page, the system checks if comparison data is already available in the database, eliminating the need for real-time navigation to multiple sites and significantly reducing comparison time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a comparison system as an intermediary layer between the user and multiple product websites. This system automatically extracts, stores, and retrieves product information, acting as a mediator that provides comparison data without requiring users to manually visit multiple sites.
2Ease of operation
If reward redemption information is communicated through out-of-band communication (email or mail), then users receive gift card information, but it causes delays and transcription errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically applies reward redemption and gift card information directly to the user's shopping cart without requiring manual intervention. The checkout system self-updates with redemption details, eliminating the need for users to manually enter gift card codes and reducing transcription errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of writing down and entering gift card codes with an automated electronic system. The redemption information is digitally transmitted and automatically applied through API integrations, substituting manual data entry with automated electronic processing.
3Loss of information
If the system provides detailed product comparison from multiple sources, then users get comprehensive information, but it increases processor and resource usage
Solution Approach 1:
The system retrieves and displays only the specific product comparison data relevant to the current user context and product being viewed. Instead of loading all available product information from multiple sources, it selectively fetches only the necessary comparison points, reducing processor usage while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
Product comparison data is pre-processed and stored in a database during off-peak times. When users need comparison information, the system retrieves pre-computed data from the database rather than performing real-time data collection and analysis, significantly reducing instantaneous processor resource usage.
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AI summary
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for automatic product comparison using price comparison with reward redemption options indicating relative price reduction. For instance, the method may include: responsive to a first trigger condition being satisfied, extracting product information from the currently viewed webpage; determining other source(s) corresponding to the product information; generating a first user interface with comparison information and a redirect link, the comparison information including redemption information for a particular source of the other source(s) in response to the particular source being one of a first set of websites and the particular source having at least one product available that corresponds to the product information extracted from the currently viewed webpage, the redirect link being selectable to open a new webpage for the particular source; and causing the browser to display the first user interface with the comparison information and the redirect link.