Sensor Trigger Matching for Seamless Transaction Initiation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack an efficient mechanism to initiate transactions in response to triggers detected by sensors on client devices, such as images, audio signals, or GPS locations, without a seamless user interface for selecting and proceeding with transactions.
Innovation Solution
A system that includes an application on a client device to acquire data via sensors, match it with trigger conditions defined by item provider services, and transmit requests to a data processing system to initiate transactions. The system also includes a data processing system that identifies items associated with the trigger conditions, provides indications to the client device, and processes requests to proceed with transactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If sensor data is automatically matched with trigger conditions to initiate transactions, then transaction initiation efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into distinct functional modules: sensor data acquisition component, trigger condition matching component, transaction initiation component, and user interface component. Each module handles a specific aspect of the transaction process, allowing for independent optimization and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high transaction initiation efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
Trigger conditions are pre-defined and stored in the system before actual transaction initiation. The system performs preliminary matching of sensor data against these pre-configured conditions, enabling rapid automatic transaction initiation without requiring complex real-time decision-making logic, thus improving efficiency while managing complexity.
2Loss of time
If automatic transaction initiation is implemented, then user interaction speed is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides feedback to users through notifications and confirmations when sensor data matches trigger conditions and when transactions are initiated. This feedback mechanism allows users to understand and control the automatic transaction process, maintaining ease of operation while enabling fast automatic initiation.
Solution Approach 2:
A user interface layer acts as an intermediary between the automatic transaction initiation system and the user. This interface presents simplified interaction options and receives user confirmations or modifications, bridging the gap between automatic speed and user control, thus maintaining both fast interaction and ease of use.
3Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive trigger conditions are defined for various sensors, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a universal trigger condition framework that can accommodate multiple sensor types and various transaction scenarios through a common matching mechanism. This universal approach allows the system to handle diverse triggers (images, audio, GPS) and different item provider services using the same underlying architecture, improving adaptability while avoiding the need for separate complex systems for each sensor type.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided herein are methods whereby item provider services can define unique offerings, including categories of products, individual products, and information requests, and link them to a trigger, enabling the item provider service promote the offerings to the end users. A trigger can include any unique and specially formatted media entity that, in conjunction with software on a mobile device, can be detected using sensors to initiate a workflow. Triggers may include, for example, specially formatted images, videos, audio signals, QR codes, GPS locations, Bluetooth beacons, or similar mobile-detectable entities, among others. Triggers may be defined and associated with an offering.