Product Tag Intermediary System for Vendor Information Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for selling products and services are limited in providing timely and convenient information to customers about related products and services from various vendors, making it difficult for customers to make informed purchasing decisions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to receive information from product tags, display related products, and allow users to select and purchase these products through a user device, incorporating a processor, memory, and interface to facilitate communication between user devices and vendors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional sales methods (person-to-person, phone, or computer-based) are used, then vendors can sell products to customers, but customers cannot conveniently access information about related products and services from multiple vendors in a timely manner
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a camera-based intermediary system that captures product tags and automatically retrieves related product information from multiple vendors. The camera acts as a mediator between the physical product and the digital information ecosystem, eliminating the need for customers to manually search across multiple vendor platforms and significantly reducing information access time while preventing information loss.
2Adaptability or versatility
If customers manually search for related products across multiple vendors, then they can find additional products, but the process is inconvenient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service product discovery by allowing customers to simply point their camera at a product tag. The system automatically performs the complex tasks of retrieving product information, identifying related products, and presenting options from multiple vendors. This eliminates the need for customers to manually navigate multiple vendor websites or databases, making the process both versatile and convenient.
3Loss of information
If a comprehensive system displaying related products from multiple vendors is implemented, then customers gain access to more product information, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The camera-based intermediary system simplifies the overall architecture by consolidating multiple information retrieval functions into a single device. Instead of requiring customers to access multiple complex vendor systems directly, the camera intermediary handles all interactions with vendor databases, presenting a unified and simple interface to the customer while maintaining comprehensive product information access.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus where information relating to products and services offered by various vendors may be offered for sale to customers via computing devices owned by those customers. Products and services offered to a particular customer may be related to a product previously purchased by that customer or be related to a product that a customer has access to. In certain instances, a product that a customer has access to may include a tag, such as a circuit, a chip, or printed matter that may provide information to an electronic device of a customer. After the customer's device received the information provided by the product tag, other products or services related to the tagged product may be received by the customer device. Methods consistent with the present disclosure may allow a user of a user device to interact with various different graphical user interfaces when making purchases.