Smart Device Resource Allocation for Shared Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for shared use services, such as public transportation, face challenges in efficiently allocating and distributing resources, leading to issues like expired tickets, transfer expenses, and misappropriation, due to a lack of real-time user identification and resource management.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes smart devices to recognize user devices upon entry into a shared use service location, determines the user's end destination based on input, historic data, or trends, calculates resource requirements, and communicates these needs to the user for acceptance, while also enabling cost sharing and compliance monitoring among users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional ticketing and resource management systems are used in shared use services, then implementation is simple and cost-effective, but resource allocation is inefficient and prone to misappropriation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical ticketing systems with a smart device-based identification system using signal recognition and wireless communication between smart devices and user devices, eliminating physical tickets and manual verification processes
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a central server as an intermediary that coordinates between shared use service objects and user devices, managing resource allocation, tracking usage, and handling payments through a centralized platform that simplifies complex multi-party interactions
2Measurement precision
If real-time user identification and tracking are implemented, then resource allocation accuracy is improved and misappropriation is eliminated, but system complexity and implementation costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual identification methods with automated signal recognition technology that uses wireless communications between smart devices and user devices to automatically identify and track users in real-time without manual intervention
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service functionality where user devices automatically communicate their presence and usage to the shared use service objects and central server, eliminating the need for manual ticket validation and automatic tracking of resource consumption
3Reliability
If manual resource management is used, then implementation is straightforward, but expired tickets and transfer expenses cannot be prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous feedback loops where the system monitors resource usage in real-time, tracks user journeys across multiple services, and automatically detects expired tickets or unauthorized transfers, providing immediate feedback to both the central server and user devices for corrective action
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary verification of user authorization and resource availability before allowing service usage, preventing expired tickets and unauthorized transfers from occurring in the first place rather than detecting them after the fact
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AI summary
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for appropriate resource allocation via generated communication channel within and for the utilization of a shared use service. The system may be associated with or affixed to a shared use service object, generating a communication field within or directly around the shared use service object. The system may recognize when an individual is utilizing the shared use service via signal recognition of a mobile device transmission being received by the system associated with the shared use service. The system may identify an end destination of the user using the shared use service and calculate a resource requirement based on the same. The resource requirement may be presented to the user via the mobile device through the generated communication linkage.