Reward Provision Device Contract Type Diversification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing regular purchase contracts face challenges in diversifying reward combinations without excessively diversifying the contract types, leading to increased processing loads.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a point applying unit, number-of-points information storage, selection information acquisition, determination unit, and reward management unit, which associates points with user identification for regular purchase contracts, allowing selected rewards to be used based on predetermined relationships, enabling diverse reward combinations without increasing contract types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the type of regular purchase contract is diversified to account for various reward combinations, then the combination of rewards can be diversified, but the processing load according to the contract increases excessively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the reward system into two independent components: (1) a fixed set of rewards with predetermined point costs stored in the server, and (2) a point allocation system that assigns points to users based on contract type. This segmentation allows multiple reward combinations to be formed from the same fixed set without creating multiple contract types, thereby resolving the contradiction between reward diversity and contract complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal contract structure where a single regular purchase contract type can accommodate multiple reward combinations. The server stores a universal set of rewards that can be selectively assigned to different users based on their point allocations, allowing one contract type to serve multiple reward configurations rather than requiring separate contract types for each reward combination.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed set of rewards with predetermined point costs is stored on the server, then reward combinations can be diversified without increasing contract types, but the system requires additional storage and management infrastructure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-storing all possible rewards and their associated point costs in the server before any user interactions occur. This pre-prepared reward database allows the system to quickly assemble different reward combinations for different users without requiring complex real-time calculations or additional infrastructure during operation, as all reward data is already available and organized.
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AI summary
A point applying unit associates a predetermined point according to a type of regular purchase contract with user identification information according to a contractual user, for each predetermined period; a number-of-points information storage unit stores number-of-points information representing the number of points for each reward, in a plurality of providable rewards; a selection information acquisition unit retrieves selection information that is associated with the user identification information and represents a selected reward of the plurality of rewards; and a reward management unit enables the selected reward to be used, based on the user identification information, in a case where the total number of points are set by the selection information retrieved by the selection information acquisition unit and the number-of-points information in the number-of-points information storage unit and are associated with the selected reward has a predetermined relationship with the predetermined point associated by the point applying unit.