Service Flow Guiding via User Behavior Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing inter-service cross-guiding methods are ineffective as they rely on passive, static approaches that fail to accurately target users interested in additional services, leading to resource waste and low guiding effectiveness.

Innovation Solution

A data-driven method that analyzes historical user behavior to predict and selectively guide users who are likely to use specific services, sending targeted notifications to increase service traffic without relying on static access portals.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If static access portals are provided for inter-service cross-guiding, then service accessibility is improved, but guiding accuracy deteriorates because users cannot be specifically targeted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice accessibilityVSAvoidguiding accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the static portal-based guiding approach into a dynamic user-targeted guiding system. Instead of providing fixed access portals for all users, the system dynamically identifies target users based on their service usage patterns and sends personalized guiding information only to those users who are likely to be interested in the target service, thereby improving guiding accuracy while maintaining service accessibility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the user base into different groups based on their service usage behavior. By analyzing historical data, the system identifies specific user segments who are potential candidates for cross-service guiding, rather than treating all users uniformly. This segmentation enables precise targeting and improves guiding effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Quantity of substance

If guiding information is provided to all users, then service exposure is improved, but resource waste increases due to non-specific recommendations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice exposureVSAvoidresource waste
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of providing guiding information to all users (excessive action), the patent applies partial action by selectively providing guiding information only to the subset of users who are identified as potential targets based on their service usage patterns. This approach maintains sufficient service exposure while avoiding the resource waste associated with broad, non-specific recommendations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If user behavior data is analyzed to identify target users, then guiding precision is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveguiding precisionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the system automatically analyzes user behavior data and identifies target users without requiring manual intervention. The guiding system autonomously processes historical service usage data, identifies patterns, and determines which users should receive guiding information, thereby achieving high guiding precision while managing system complexity through automation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3525420B1Method and apparatus for guiding service flow
Publication Date: 2022.06.08 ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for guiding a service flow. The method includes: obtaining, for a target service, historical behavior data of a user who uses the target service; analyzing the historical behavior data to obtain a user feature used to determine a target user for service flow guiding; selecting, from users who do not use the target service, a user who satisfies the user feature as the target user; and sending service flow guiding information to the target user, to lead the target user to use the target service. In the present disclosure, guiding is more specific, so that a guiding effect can be improved.