Promotional Sample Delivery Relay Server Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for distributing promotional sample products are inefficient and costly, as they lack reliability in delivering samples to target customers, often result in duplicated samples, and have limited geographical reach, making it difficult for advertisers to maximize advertisement effects, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a sample receipt app that includes a relay server, advertiser terminal, customer terminal, and sample processing terminal to ensure accurate delivery of promotional samples, prevent duplication, and expand reach by generating authentication keys and using QR codes for verification, allowing customers to receive samples at designated locations while watching advertisements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If conventional methods are used to distribute free samples directly to customers or through part-time workers, then samples can be provided to customers, but the promotion range is limited and the method is inefficient and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a relay server as an intermediary between advertisers and customers. The relay server receives sample product information from advertisers, manages authentication keys, and coordinates with customer terminals and sample receipt places. This intermediary system enables wide-area promotion without requiring advertisers to physically distribute samples themselves, resolving the contradiction between expansion range and distribution efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
Customers use their own terminals to download the sample receipt app, authenticate themselves, and receive samples at designated locations. The system automatically manages authentication keys and verifies customer identities without requiring manual intervention from advertisers or part-time workers. This self-service mechanism dramatically improves distribution efficiency while expanding promotion range
2Reliability
If part-time workers are hired to distribute samples, then samples can be delivered to customers, but the advertiser cannot monitor how samples are handled and reliability is low
Solution Approach 1:
The relay server implements a feedback mechanism where authentication keys are generated and tracked throughout the sample distribution process. The server receives authentication results from sample receipt places and can monitor the entire flow from key generation to sample delivery. This feedback system ensures reliability without requiring complex physical monitoring of workers, as the digital trail provides automatic verification
3Quantity of substance
If samples are randomly distributed to passers-by, then samples can be provided widely, but samples may be provided to consumers who do not want the products and duplicated samples may be received
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by generating unique authentication keys for each customer before sample distribution. Customers must authenticate themselves through the app before receiving samples, ensuring they are legitimate recipients. The relay server tracks which customers have received samples and prevents duplicate distributions. This preliminary authentication mechanism ensures targeted delivery accuracy while enabling wide distribution
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AI summary
A system and method for receiving a promotional sample product, which can enable an advertiser to check whether a sample product, provided by the advertiser, is accurately delivered to a customer, thereby securing the reliability of means for seeking exposure advertisement by providing samples, and maximizing the promotion effects.A system for receiving a promotional sample product includes: a sample receiving relay server; an advertiser terminal; a customer terminal; and a sample processing terminal. The sample receipt app generates only one authentication key per customer ID in order to prevent duplicated samples from being provided for one customer ID.