Proxy Purchase System with Mobile Body Capacity Calculation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional purchase substitution services face challenges in determining an optimal purchase proxy, particularly when the total amount of items requested exceeds the loading capacity of the supporter's mobile body, leading to difficulties in delivering products in one go and ensuring sufficient support during peak demand or adverse weather conditions.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method that calculates the total amount of items requested and determines the appropriate mobile body and proxy user based on this calculation, ensuring the proxy can deliver all items in one delivery, and allows for multiple users to be served by a single proxy if needed, using a system that predicts required mobility and resources in advance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a supporter performs substitution for purchase without considering the total amount of items, then the service is simple to operate, but the mobile body may be overloaded and unable to deliver all items in one go

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of purchase substitution serviceVSAvoidtotal amount of items

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system calculates the total amount of items requested by the user before assigning a supporter. This preliminary calculation enables the system to determine in advance whether a single mobile body can accommodate all items, allowing for proactive resource allocation and avoiding delivery failures later.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces the parameter of 'total amount of items' as a critical filtering criterion for selecting supporters. By changing the selection criteria from purely based on geographic proximity or availability to also considering the quantity constraint, the system ensures that only supporters with mobile bodies capable of accommodating the total amount are selected.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If the system does not consider the loading capacity of mobile bodies, then the matching process is fast and simple, but delivery reliability is compromised when total amount exceeds capacity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of proxy determinationVSAvoiddelivery reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs the calculation of total item amount and the determination of suitable mobile bodies and supporters as a preliminary step before the actual purchase substitution occurs. This advance preparation ensures that when items need to be delivered, the assigned supporter already has an appropriately sized mobile body, guaranteeing delivery reliability without delaying the process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from the calculated total amount to adjust the supporter selection process. Based on the total amount calculation, the system identifies which mobile bodies and supporters are suitable, creating a feedback loop that ensures reliable matching while maintaining efficient processing speeds.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If multiple users are served by a single proxy, then resource allocation efficiency improves, but the complexity of managing and coordinating multiple requests increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresource allocation efficiencyVSAvoidcomplexity of proxy management

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system calculates the total amount of items for each user request before assigning proxies. This preliminary calculation enables the system to determine, in advance, which proxies can handle multiple requests by comparing their mobile body capacities against the total amounts. This advance planning simplifies the coordination process by pre-determining feasible multi-user assignments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables proxies to serve multiple users simultaneously by matching their mobile body capacity with the total amounts of items from multiple users. This creates a universal proxy model where any supporter with sufficient capacity can handle multiple requests, improving resource allocation efficiency while the system manages the coordination complexity through automated matching algorithms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20240232988A1Information processing method, information processing device, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing information processing program

Publication Date: 2024.07.11 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD

AI summary

A server acquires purchase request information regarding an article a first user residing in a predetermined area requests to purchase, calculates a total amount of the article the first user requests to purchase based on the purchase request information, determines a first mobile body to be used for purchasing the article the first user requests to purchase from among a plurality of mobile bodies based on the total amount, determines a third user who performs substitution for purchase of the article the first user requests to purchase from among second users residing in the predetermined area and using the determined first mobile body, and notifies the determined third user of purchase content information regarding the purchase of the article indicated by the purchase request information.