Unified Mobile App Builder for Cross-Brand Search
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile applications require users to download multiple apps for searching products and services, making it difficult to conduct generic searches using logos or optical tokens, as each company has its own app, leading to user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A mobile communication device with an APP builder program that creates a container for downloading relevant apps based on user search criteria, allowing for visual searches using logos or tokens, and providing access to similar products and services by combining search parameters with consumer preferences and location data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users download and install multiple company-specific mobile applications to search for products and services, then each company can provide its own branded search experience, but the complexity of the user's device increases and the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple company-specific search applications into a single unified application that can search across multiple brands and products. Instead of requiring separate apps for each company, the system merges these functions into one application that users can download once, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining versatile search capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a universal search application that performs multiple functions: it can search for products and services from different companies, decode various optical tokens and logos, and access multiple web portals. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for multiple specialized applications, reducing the number of apps users must manage while expanding search versatility.
2Loss of information
If users download and enable multiple mobile applications before conducting searches, then comprehensive product and service information can be accessed, but the time required for preparation and the ease of operation worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the unified application with multiple company web portals, token decoding capabilities, and search parameters before the user needs them. When a user launches the application, the necessary components are already in place, eliminating the need for users to spend time downloading and configuring multiple separate applications for each search task.
3Reliability
If each company has its own mobile application with its own logo and token system, then brand-specific search functionality is improved, but the ease of operation for generic searches deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The unified application acts as an intermediary between users and multiple company-specific systems. It provides a common interface that can decode various company logos and optical tokens, then routes the search to the appropriate company web portal. This mediator approach maintains the reliability of brand-specific searches while significantly improving the ease of operation for generic searches across multiple brands.
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AI summary
A mobile “Applications Builder” established on the user's mobile handheld device creates a bucket or container for mobile applications (Apps) and selectively downloads applications that are appropriate to a search initiated by the consumer. The user search inputs are used as a contextualization input to identify the relevant product, service or brand and identify the Apps of companies that fall within the search parameters. The identified Apps are downloaded into a bucket and made available to the user to enable his search using tokens or logos for the products, services and brands he is interested in. Users can perform searches using scanned visual logos or visual tokens scanned. Visual tokens and logos contained within the bucket can be used to reduce the customer's effort during the search, while providing enlarged access to related items for consideration by the user as a marketing tool.