Product Input Guidance Using Similar-Product Parameter Frequency

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Solution Overview

Problem

In electronic commerce systems, it is challenging for stores to determine which parameters, such as the number of units, weight, or volume, to input for product information, especially for set products, leading to incomplete or inappropriate data entry.

Innovation Solution

A server device that extracts similar products from a database based on input parameters and calculates the usage frequency of each parameter item, displaying this information to assist staff in determining which parameters to input.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple parameter input fields are provided for product information, then the completeness of product information can be improved, but it becomes difficult for staff to determine which parameters to fill, leading to incomplete data entry

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompleteness of product informationVSAvoidease of parameter selection

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides feedback by displaying usage frequencies for each parameter item based on similar products. This feedback guides staff on which parameters are most commonly used and should be filled, resolving the uncertainty about which parameters to input while maintaining data completeness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically determines which parameters are important by analyzing usage patterns from similar products in the database. This self-service approach eliminates the need for manual configuration or expert judgment, allowing the system to autonomously guide parameter selection based on accumulated data

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If staff manually determine which parameters to input for set products, then flexibility in data entry can be maintained, but time and effort are wasted due to uncertainty about required parameters

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility in data entryVSAvoidtime for parameter determination

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis by calculating usage frequencies for each parameter item based on similar products before the staff needs to input data. This preliminary action provides ready-to-use guidance on which parameters to fill, eliminating time-wasting deliberation while maintaining flexibility in the data entry process

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20260038017A1Server device for supporting input of product information, input support method, and recording medium

Publication Date: 2026.02.05 RAKUTEN GROUP INC

AI summary

A server device includes an acceptor, an extractor, a calculator, and an outputter. The acceptor causes a terminal to display a form that includes a plurality of input fields to which parameter values of a plurality of parameters to be registered in a database in association with a product are input, and accepts input of each of the parameter values. The extractor extracts, from the database, another product associated with a parameter value identical or similar to a specific value input to a specific input field. The plurality of parameters includes a selection parameter that requires input to at least one of a plurality of parameter items. The calculator calculates a usage frequency at which each of the plurality of parameter items of the extracted other product is used. The outputter outputs the calculated usage frequency of each of the plurality of parameter items.