Serialized Product Codes for Targeted Consumer Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional marketing methods, such as linear television and printed media, have become less efficient due to consumer control over content and increasing digitalization, making it difficult for brands to engage consumers effectively, especially during moments of high interest or relevance.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented consumer engagement system using uniquely coded product items that allows brands to run targeted campaigns by requiring consumers to meet geolocation and time criteria to participate in offers, leveraging unique codes on products to motivate interaction and enhance consumer engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If traditional mass marketing methods (linear TV, printed media) are used, then broad audience reach is achieved, but consumer engagement and interaction are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
A digital platform serves as an intermediary between brands and consumers, enabling two-way communication and interaction. The platform processes unique product codes, manages campaign offers, and facilitates consumer participation, transforming passive media consumption into active engagement while maintaining broad reach through digital distribution channels.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from static traditional advertising to dynamic digital interaction. Consumers can actively participate in campaigns through mobile devices, scan unique codes on products, receive real-time offers, and engage with brands throughout the product lifecycle, creating a dynamic and responsive marketing ecosystem.
2Ease of operation
If consumers are given control over content selection and timing, then consumer satisfaction increases, but brand's ability to engage consumers at key moments decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables consumers to self-initiate engagement by scanning unique codes on products they already possess or purchase. Consumers actively seek out brand interactions through their mobile devices, maintaining their control over when and how they engage while ensuring brand presence at key moments like product unboxing, consumption, or repurchase decisions.
Solution Approach 2:
Brands pre-load campaign offers and engagement opportunities into the digital platform associated with unique product codes. When consumers scan codes at key moments, they are immediately presented with relevant offers, eliminating the need for brands to actively pursue consumers and ensuring timely engagement without compromising consumer autonomy.
3Adaptability or versatility
If digital marketing methods with unique codes are implemented, then consumer interaction potential increases, but consumer motivation to use these methods remains insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts campaign parameters including offer types, incentives, and engagement mechanisms based on consumer behavior data, product performance, and campaign objectives. This adaptability creates continuously optimized incentives that maintain high consumer motivation and participation rates across different products, markets, and time periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital platform implements real-time feedback loops where consumer interactions with unique codes and campaign offers are tracked, analyzed, and used to adjust future offers and engagement strategies. Consumers receive immediate feedback through their mobile devices about their participation status, rewards earned, and personalized offers, increasing motivation to continue engaging with the brand.
4Loss of information
If serialized product items with unique codes are used, then tracking and consumer engagement capability improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The digital platform serves multiple functions within a single unified system: it manages unique code registration, stores product lifecycle information, delivers campaign offers, processes consumer interactions, analyzes data, and generates insights. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity compared to having separate systems for each function while maintaining comprehensive tracking and engagement capabilities.
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AI summary
A computer implemented consumer engagement system for managing a campaign offer includes a computer implemented consumer engagement system; and a pool of unique codes related to code marked product items, the code marked product items being associated with a campaign offer of a campaign in the consumer engagement system. The consumer engagement system is arranged to manage at least one geolocation condition, and to deliver a campaign participation invitation to a potential qualifiable recipient, wherein the potentially qualifiable recipient in order to become a qualified recipient for receiving the campaign offer, must meet the following qualification criteria: (a) a pool criterium: the system receiving a unique product code marked on a product item from the recipient, the code being determined to be amongst the pool of unique codes; (b) a time criterium: that the consumer sends his participation request (or accepts an invitation) to participate at a point of time within a first time period defined in the campaign; and a geolocation condition criterium: receiving proof or indications from the recipient being present and having a position within a geolocation. The consumer engagement system is further arranged for, the qualifiable recipient, after receiving a campaign participation invitation, to receive from said qualifiable recipient a participation request, i.e. accept said campaign participation invitation. The consumer engagement system is further arranged to check whether the potentially qualifiable consumer thus fulfills criteria (a), (b), and (c), thus becoming a qualified recipient, thus fulfilling (d) an execution list criterium: wherein the recipient is registered on an execution list to receive said campaign offer.