Visual Code Product Portal for Fast Mobile Information Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Accessing product information on mobile devices is cumbersome due to the need for deep understanding of product models and editions, and maintaining such information digitally is arduous, often requiring manual html and css updates.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating visual codes that link to an online platform with a database repository, allowing rapid access to formatted information types like photos, videos, PDFs, and texts, enabling editing and frequent updates without manual html/css changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If product information is hosted on manufacturer websites with multiple models and editions, then comprehensive information coverage is achieved, but information accessibility and location become arduous and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces visual codes (such as QR codes) as intermediaries between the product and the information portal. These codes are attached to products and can be scanned by mobile devices to directly access curated product information, eliminating the need for users to navigate complex website structures or search through extensive product catalogs. The visual code serves as a mediator that bridges the physical product with its digital information repository.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the information presentation by creating separate, dedicated pages for different product models and editions within the information portal. Each product variant has its own organized section with specific information tailored to that model, allowing users to access only the relevant information for the product they are holding, rather than wading through a comprehensive but disorganized database of all products.
2Adaptability or versatility
If digital information is maintained manually through html and css rewriting, then information can be updated, but the process becomes painstaking and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a template-based system where standardized information templates are applied to multiple products. Instead of manually rewriting HTML and CSS for each product, the system copies and adapts pre-defined templates that structure information consistently across different product types. This template approach maintains adaptability while dramatically reducing the time required for updates, as only the template parameters need to be modified rather than the entire digital structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows information updates by changing parameters within a standardized framework rather than rewriting the entire digital structure. Administrators can update product information by modifying specific parameters (such as product name, description, or link URLs) within the template system, which automatically propagates changes across all instances without requiring manual code manipulation or HTML/CSS rewriting.
3Quantity of substance
If comprehensive product information is provided for numerous models and editions, then information completeness is achieved, but the complexity of locating and organizing this information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the information organization by creating dedicated, isolated pages for each product model and edition within the portal. Each segment is independently organized with its specific information (manuals, specifications, support documents) separated from other products. This segmentation maintains completeness by ensuring each product has its own comprehensive section, while reducing overall complexity by preventing information entanglement between different product lines.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary organization of information by pre-categorizing and pre-arranging product information into structured templates before they are accessed by users. Information is pre-sorted by product type, model, and edition, with links to relevant documents and resources already established in the correct hierarchical structure. This preliminary organization eliminates the need for users to navigate complex search results or manually categorize information, as everything is already arranged in its final destination.
Data Source
AI summary
In one aspect, a computer implemented method for providing rapid access to product information on a mobile computing device is disclosed. The method includes provisioning an online platform and associating a database repository. Next, the method generates a visual code and identifies the visual code to a domain name. Then the visual code is populated with information, such as product information, wherein the product information is associated to the visual code that is further linked to the data repository and online platform. The association allows for multiple file types and acquisition from web scraping. Further, the online platform allows for editing content behind the domains and generating further subdomains that further link to the original visual code. Thereby providing, in one aspect, a quick information portal through the use of visual codes and data structuring.