Server Message Screen for Application Discovery

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of existing information processing systems cannot easily identify new or useful applications without browsing through extensive application lists, leading to the potential oversight of valuable applications.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a server system and a device connected via a network, where the server generates and transmits a message screen to the device, highlighting applications not yet provided, allowing users to easily discover new or useful applications without browsing through entire lists.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users browse through the entire application description page to identify available applications, then users can see all registered applications, but users may overlook useful applications and spend excessive time browsing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication informationVSAvoidbrowsing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and highlights specific application information (newly registered applications and applications not yet installed on the user's device) from the complete application list, presenting them separately through notification messages. This allows users to quickly identify relevant applications without browsing the entire list, thus preventing information loss while reducing browsing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Adaptability or versatility

If users manually browse through application lists to discover new applications, then users can find applications of interest, but user workload increases and discovery efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication discovery capabilityVSAvoiduser operation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically identifies and notifies users about applications they may be interested in, based on their device's current application installation status. The server autonomously determines which applications to recommend and delivers notifications without requiring users to manually search or filter through application lists, thus maintaining high adaptability while significantly improving ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10025578B2Information processing system and method on a client server environment for software download
Publication Date: 2018.07.17 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing system includes at least one device and a server system. The server system includes a provision control unit, a first generation unit, a message screen request reception unit, a second generation unit, and a message screen transmission unit. The first generation unit generates first correspondence information in which each device is associated with an application not yet provided to the device. The message screen request reception unit receives a message screen request from the device. The second generation unit generates a message screen based on the first correspondence information. The message screen transmission unit transmits the message screen to the device in response to the message screen request. The device includes a message screen request transmission unit, a message screen reception unit, and a message screen display unit. The message screen display unit displays the message screen received by the message screen reception unit.