Wallet App Order Information Synchronization via Cloud Link

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of electronic devices face inconvenience in accessing order information after transactions, as they typically need to navigate to email or merchant web pages, lacking a centralized and synchronized method to view or manage order details within the device.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a system that provides a link to order information on electronic devices, such as smartphones or smart watches, allowing the wallet application to obtain, store, and update order information, which can be synchronized across multiple devices and shared with others, using a network environment that includes merchant servers and cloud storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users access order information through email or merchant web pages, then order information can be obtained, but users face inconvenience and need to navigate through multiple apps or websites

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of accessing order informationVSAvoidtime to navigate through multiple apps or websites

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines order information storage and access functionality directly into the wallet application on the user's electronic device. This merging eliminates the need to switch between email clients, web browsers, and merchant websites, as all order information is consolidated in one location within the wallet app, thereby improving ease of operation and reducing time loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically receiving, storing, and making order information available within the wallet application without requiring user intervention to navigate external systems. The electronic device autonomously manages order information retrieval and presentation, allowing users to access their orders directly through the wallet app interface.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Speed

If order information is stored locally on the electronic device, then access speed is improved, but synchronization across multiple devices becomes challenging

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of accessing order informationVSAvoidsynchronization of order information across devices

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a cloud-based server system as an intermediary between the electronic device and order information. The server receives order information from merchants, stores it centrally, and makes it available to multiple devices associated with the same user account. This intermediary enables fast local access on each device while ensuring synchronization across all devices through the central cloud repository.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The wallet application is designed with universal access capabilities, allowing the same order information to be accessed on multiple different electronic devices (smartphones, tablets, computers) associated with a user account. The system provides multi-functionality by enabling order information retrieval on any device in the user's ecosystem, not just the device where the original transaction occurred.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of operation

If a centralized system is implemented to manage order information, then access convenience is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience of managing order informationVSAvoidcomplexity of the system architecture

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the complexity of order information management from the user's electronic device and relocates it to a dedicated server system. The device itself maintains a simplified client application that only needs to communicate with the server, while the complex functions of receiving, storing, managing, and synchronizing order information are handled by the external server infrastructure. This extraction reduces device complexity while maintaining centralized management capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20230394559A1Order information for electronic devices

Publication Date: 2023.12.07 APPLE INC

AI summary

Aspects of the subject technology provide for obtaining, displaying, and/or updating order information for electronic devices. An electronic device may receive a link to an order corresponding to a transaction. The transaction may have been performed using the electronic device or another device. The link may include or be provided with an order identifier and authentication information. The electronic device may request order information for the order using the order identifier and the authentication information, and receive the order information responsive to providing the order identifier and the authentication information to a merchant system server using the link. The order information may be stored for display in a wallet application at the electronic device.