Subscription Experience Service Amortized Search and Dynamic Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inefficiencies and security risks when making travel arrangements across multiple websites, with disparities in cost and availability, and subscription-based systems limit flexibility and enjoyment due to restrictive access periods.
Innovation Solution
A subscription-based experience service that allows users to reserve travel-related resources based on a set number of subscription value days, using an amortized subscription parameter to search for resources within their budget, enabling flexible access and secure, streamlined reservations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users search for travel services across multiple websites, then they can find more options and compare prices, but they spend excessive time and effort navigating multiple pages and manually comparing results
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple travel service search functions into a single integrated platform that aggregates hotel, rental car, and airfare options from multiple providers. This allows users to access comprehensive travel options in one location rather than navigating multiple separate websites, directly resolving the contradiction between accessing diverse travel options and minimizing search time
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides universal search capabilities that handle multiple types of travel services (hotels, rental cars, airfares) through a single interface. This multi-functional approach enables users to compare and book various travel components without switching between different specialized platforms, eliminating time waste while maintaining versatile access
2Reliability
If users manually input personal and payment information for each reservation, then they can secure bookings, but they expose themselves to security risks and waste time on repetitive data entry
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by securely storing users' personal and payment information during initial registration. This pre-stored information is then automatically utilized for subsequent reservations, eliminating the need for repeated manual input. This approach maintains security through controlled storage while significantly reducing exposure to security risks associated with frequent data entry
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service reservations by automatically retrieving and applying stored user information to booking processes. This automation eliminates repetitive manual input, reducing both time consumption and security vulnerabilities associated with frequent information entry, while maintaining reliable booking capabilities
3Productivity
If subscription-based systems restrict access for a set period after reservation, then they manage subscription value, but they reduce user flexibility and enjoyment
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic access restrictions that adapt based on the specific reservation type and user needs. Rather than applying uniform time locks, the system adjusts access periods dynamically, allowing users to access certain travel services during restricted periods while maintaining subscription value management. This dynamic approach balances productivity considerations with user flexibility and enjoyment
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a subscription service. The systems and methods include operations for setting, by an experience-based subscription service, a number of subscription value days; determining an amortized subscription parameter for a subscriber of the experience-based subscription service, the amortized subscription parameter representing a subscription cost accumulated over the number of subscription value days; identifying a plurality of experience-related resources available for access on future experience dates, each of the plurality of experience-related resources having a cost that satisfies the amortized subscription parameter; receiving, on a booking date, a request from the subscriber to reserve a given experience-related resource; and in response to receiving the request, preventing the subscriber from reserving a second experience-related resource during an in-use period that begins on the booking date and terminates after a period of time corresponding to the number of subscription value days.