Smart Article Data Access via Controller Network
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of efficient systems and methods for accessing data from smart articles in public spaces, particularly for purchasing data, and for creating a network between merchants, target customers, and promoters of these articles.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a main controller communicating with target customer, merchant, and promoter controllers, which include processors and memory for executing processor executable code, allowing for marker capture, data transmission, and matching of articles with promoters and customers, enabling data access and reward allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a system is created to access data from smart articles in public spaces, then data accessibility and purchasing information availability are improved, but system complexity and infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into multiple independent controllers (main controller, target customer controllers, merchant controllers, promoter controllers) that can operate autonomously. Each controller handles specific functions, reducing the complexity burden on any single component while collectively providing comprehensive data access capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
Controllers serve as intermediary devices between smart articles, customers, merchants, and promoters. These intermediaries manage the complexity of data transmission and processing, allowing end users to access article data without directly interacting with the complex underlying system infrastructure.
2Productivity
If a network is established between merchants, target customers, and promoters, then business connectivity and transaction efficiency are improved, but network management and coordination complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple controllers (merchant, customer, promoter) are merged into a coordinated network system managed by a main controller. This integration allows seamless information flow and transaction processing between different stakeholders, improving overall business efficiency while the main controller handles the coordination complexity centrally.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller system is designed to perform multiple functions: data transmission, transaction processing, promoter management, and customer interaction. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems, simplifying network management while maintaining high transaction efficiency.
3Loss of time
If real-time data transmission is implemented between controllers, then information freshness and decision-making speed are improved, but communication overhead and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous real-time transmission, the system uses periodic data updates and synchronized communication between controllers. Controllers transmit data at scheduled intervals or when specific events occur, reducing constant communication overhead and energy consumption while maintaining sufficiently fresh information for timely decision-making.
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AI summary
A networked system comprises a main controller that allows users to act as customers, promoters or merchants of smart articles that are displayed by promoters who have purchased these articles from the merchants. The customer uses a controller device to access data from the smart article by capturing an identifying marker on the article and transmitting the foregoing data to the main controller which places the customer in communication with a merchant controller associated with the merchant from whom the promoter purchased the article. The merchant can thus provide data regarding the article to the customer via the main controller and depending on how the customer acts, the merchant can allocate a reward to the promoter via a promoter controller associated therewith.