Stored-Value Beverage Container for Card-Free Reusable Payments
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Solution Overview
Problem
The use of disposable containers leads to environmental pollution, and reusable containers are inconvenient for consumers due to the need to carry additional items like cash and stored-value cards, which reduces their willingness to use them.
Innovation Solution
A stored-value container with a body, a stored-value chip, a display, and a solar panel that allows payment information to be stored and accessed, eliminating the need for separate cash or stored-value cards, and includes a temperature detector and color-changing plate for safety and aesthetic appeal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If reusable containers are used to reduce environmental pollution, then environmental protection is improved, but consumers need to carry additional items like cash and stored-value cards which reduces convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the stored-value card functionality directly into the reusable container by mounting a stored-value chip on the container body. This merging eliminates the need for consumers to carry separate payment items while maintaining the ability to make payments, thus resolving the contradiction between environmental protection and payment convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The reusable container is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as both a container for beverages/food and as a payment device through the integrated stored-value chip. This multi-functionality allows consumers to use a single item for both holding items and making payments, improving convenience while maintaining environmental benefits.
2Reliability
If consumers carry separate stored-value cards for payment, then payment functionality is ensured, but the need to manage multiple items increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The stored-value chip is physically mounted on the container body, merging the payment function with the container. This integration ensures payment functionality is maintained while reducing the number of separate items consumers need to carry and manage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of the stored-value card functionality by implementing a stored-value chip that replicates the payment capabilities of traditional stored-value cards within the container structure, eliminating the need for separate physical cards.
3Reliability
If traditional payment processes are used with separate cards, then payment security is maintained, but the payment process time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stored-value chip is pre-mounted on the container body before use, so that when the container is placed on the sensing device, payment can occur immediately without requiring the consumer to retrieve or handle separate payment cards. This preliminary integration reduces payment process time while maintaining security through the same chip technology.
Data Source
AI summary
A stored-value container has a body and a stored-value chip mounted on the body. The stored-value chip stores payment information for transaction deduction after being read by an external device. When using the stored-value container to buy beverage, instead of paying with cash or a stored-value card, a consumer can hand the stored-value container to a store clerk to finish payment directly through the stored-value chip. Accordingly, with the stored-value container, consumers can finish the purchasing procedure quickly without carrying cash or a stored-value card and also take environmental protection into account.