Server Product Grouping for Coordinated Order Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shopping sites do not effectively handle orders for multiple products that have relevance between them, as each product is typically processed independently, lacking consideration for their interrelated nature.
Innovation Solution
A server apparatus that groups order scheduled products based on pre-defined product groups, allowing for processing in group units, including cancellation and alternate product handling, using user-specific product group associations and historical data to predict user preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If products are processed independently in existing shopping sites, then individual product handling is simple, but relevant products cannot be handled together despite their interrelated nature
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments products into independent groups based on their relevance relationships. Each group can be processed independently while maintaining the ability to handle relevant products together. The system divides the product catalog into multiple groups where products within each group have relevant relationships, allowing selective processing of groups rather than individual products.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic group formation where product groups are not fixed but can be created and modified based on relevance relationships. The system dynamically determines which products belong together based on their relationships, allowing the grouping structure to adapt to different processing needs and relevance criteria.
2Ease of operation
If products are grouped by relevance, then coordinated processing of relevant products is enabled, but the grouping system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the product catalog into multiple independent groups based on relevance relationships. Each group represents a coherent set of related products that can be processed together. This segmentation enables coordinated management of relevant products while keeping each group's internal structure simple and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary grouping of products based on their relevance relationships before actual order processing. By pre-establishing product groups and their relationships, the system prepares the data structure in advance, so that during order processing, coordinated handling of relevant products becomes straightforward without requiring complex real-time computations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If product groups are stored with user identification, then user-specific product preferences are captured, but data storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments user product data into group-level associations rather than storing individual product preferences for each user. By grouping related products together, the system stores references to groups rather than individual products, reducing the quantity of stored data while maintaining the ability to handle user-specific preferences for relevant product sets.
Data Source
AI summary
An orderer groups a plurality of order scheduled products which the orderer wishes to purchase.A plurality of order scheduled products selected by a user are grouped by referring to a product group storing means that stores a correspondence between a product group and a plurality of products belonging to this product group.