Unified Social Data Collection for Gourmet Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for collecting consumer preferences for gourmet items, such as wine, are limited in participation and fail to effectively coordinate data between wine growers, consumers, and merchants, restricting their ability to tap into valuable feedback from events like wine tastings and private parties.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for conducting item sampling events using electronic data collection devices that gather ratings, calculate scores, and provide promotional coupons, while also predicting ratings and correlating participant preferences, facilitating data exchange between participants, vendors, and e-commerce platforms, and integrating social networking to enhance engagement and recommendation accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If wine tastings and private parties are used to collect consumer preferences, then valuable feedback data can be obtained, but the ability to effectively coordinate and utilize this data among wine growers, consumers, and merchants is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges previously separate data collection activities (wine tastings, private parties, online platforms) into a unified system where all participants (consumers, merchants, growers) contribute to and access a shared preference database, enabling effective coordination and utilization of consumer preference data across the entire wine industry ecosystem
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal platform that serves multiple functions: collecting preferences during tastings, storing data centrally, enabling predictions, generating recommendations, and facilitating coordinated decision-making among diverse stakeholders including consumers, merchants, and growers through a single adaptable infrastructure
2Adaptability or versatility
If online wine rating communities are established, then wine lover engagement can be increased, but participation is restricted to hard core oenophiles who take time to register
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service data collection by automatically capturing consumer preferences during wine tastings and private parties without requiring manual registration or active participation in online communities, allowing casual consumers to contribute data naturally as part of their existing social activities
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary data collection during informal settings like wine tastings and private parties before any formal online engagement is required, capturing preferences in the moment and eliminating the need for users to register or commit to ongoing online community participation
3Measurement precision
If data collection is limited to registered online community members, then data quality can be maintained, but the user population and overall popularity of the system remains insignificant
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediaries (event organizers, hosts, participants) who facilitate natural data collection during wine tastings and private parties, enabling the system to access a broader population through existing social networks and events while maintaining data quality through structured observation and recording protocols
Data Source
AI summary
Items—including gourmet products—are evaluated and rated by participants in a controlled event, which can be coordinated by software locally or at a dedicated website. Event data, including item scores and participant scores can be shared with vendors, merchants and other commercial entities associated with the products. Promotional incentives from such entities for the products (and related products) can then be directly targeted and provided to participants and other members of the public. The participant's activities can also be collected and disseminated to affiliates/friends of the participants through social networking sites, personalized web pages, etc.