Smart Appointment Calendaring System for Financial Services

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing appointment setting process is time-consuming and inefficient, as it requires identifying user issues, finding appropriate specialists, gathering information, and scheduling appointments, which can be complex and slow in specialized fields like finance and technology.

Innovation Solution

A system that analyzes user transaction data, demographics, and financial information to determine customer requirements and automatically recommends specialists and solutions, allowing users to add voice messages for further analysis to match them with the most appropriate specialists, thereby streamlining the appointment calendaring process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual appointment setting process is used to identify user issues and match with specialists, then appointment accuracy is improved, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveappointment accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user transaction data, demographics, and financial information before the appointment setting process begins. This pre-processing of user data enables automatic requirement determination and specialist matching, eliminating the need for manual issue identification and reducing time consumption while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically analyzing user data and determining requirements without manual intervention. The voice message analysis feature allows users to provide additional context that the system automatically processes, creating a self-sufficient appointment setting process that reduces both time consumption and dependency on manual operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If automated analysis of user data is performed to determine requirements, then productivity is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveappointment setting speedVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the appointment setting process into distinct functional modules: data retrieval module, analysis module, requirement determination module, specialist matching module, and scheduling module. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific tasks independently, improving overall productivity while managing complexity through modular design that enables easier maintenance and scaling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary layer between raw user data and appointment scheduling decisions. This intermediary analysis layer processes transaction data, demographics, and voice messages to generate structured requirement profiles, which then guide specialist matching. This intermediary structure improves productivity by automating complex analysis while managing system complexity through a clear data transformation pipeline.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If multiple data sources are analyzed to determine user requirements, then requirement accuracy is improved, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverequirement accuracyVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges multiple data sources including transaction data, demographic information, financial records, and voice message analysis into a unified user profile. This consolidated profile provides a comprehensive view of user requirements, improving accuracy by considering multiple factors simultaneously while managing processing complexity through integrated data structures and unified analysis logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS10387845B2System for facilitating appointment calendaring based on perceived customer requirements
Publication Date: 2019.08.20 BANK OF AMERICA CORP
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AI summary

Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for scheduling and affecting appointment calendaring based on perceived user requirements. As such, the invention provides for a smart appointment calendaring based on the automatic and real time analysis of a user's financial information, transaction history, navigation history and the like. The system then identifies one or more relevant specialists and schedules one or more appointments. Based on needs identified from analysis of user information, the invention may create an appointment package for the user. Thus, the system may schedule appointments with one or more specialists based on the user's requirements.