Server-Mediated Cross-Application Incentive System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing application management systems fail to effectively guide users from one application to another, leading to suboptimal cross-promotion and vitalization of both source and destination applications, as they lack centralized management and incentives for users.
Innovation Solution
A method and server system that detects the selection of a source application, outputs an advertisement link for a destination application, guides the user to the destination, acquires and stores completion state information, and provides incentives to the source application when predetermined conditions are met, thereby promoting cross-promotion and user engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If applications are independently managed by different providers, then each provider can maintain control over their own application, but cross-promotion and user guidance between applications cannot be effectively implemented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that manages multiple applications from different providers. The server stores association information between source and destination applications, and handles the logic for guiding users between applications. This mediator enables cross-promotion without requiring direct integration between independent application providers, thus maintaining their autonomy while achieving coordinated cross-promotion.
Solution Approach 2:
The server is designed with universal functionality to manage multiple applications from different providers simultaneously. It stores and manages diverse association information between various source and destination applications, providing a unified cross-promotion platform that works across different application types and providers, thereby enabling versatile cross-promotion capabilities.
2Productivity
If only the destination application is vitalized through client guidance, then the destination application gains users, but the source application loses vitality and user engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the server monitors whether users have completed missions in the destination application. When completion conditions are met, the server provides incentives back to the source application (such as virtual items, currency, or other rewards). This feedback loop ensures that the source application receives tangible benefits from guiding users, maintaining its vitality while enabling effective user guidance.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a centralized server manages all application associations, then cross-promotion can be coordinated effectively, but the system complexity and data management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the management system by separating the association information storage from the application execution. The server stores only the essential association information (source application ID, destination application ID, and mission conditions) in a structured manner, while the actual application logic remains independent. This segmentation reduces the server's management burden and simplifies the overall system architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
When detecting selection of a source application stored in a storage section in a user device, a controller outputs to the user device an advertisement link related to a destination application associated with the source. When the advertisement link is selected in the user device, the controller guides the user device to the destination application. The controller acquires completion state information on a mission in the destination application associated with the user ID of the user of the user device, and stores the completion state information in the storage section. When the completion state information meets a predetermined condition, the controller provides the completion state information to the source application in order to give an incentive to the user in the source application.