Soft Innovations Catalogue

Soft Innovations Catalogue

ENDS 101

Claudia McDermott

10.25.2021

Table of Contents

Aggie Honor Code……………………………………………………………………………………2
Product Innovation………………………………………………………………………………….3

Target Audience
Narrative
Visual Depiction
Prior Works Collection……………………………………………………………….……4
Process Innovation……………………………………………………………………………….…5
Target Audience
Narrative
Visual Depiction
Prior Works Collection……………………………………………………………..……6
Service Innovation……………………………………………………………………………..…7
Target Audience
Narrative
Visual Depiction
Prior Works Collection………………………………………………………………….9

1

AGGIE HONOR CODE

“An Aggie does not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those
who do.”

The Aggie Honor Code is an effort to unify the aims of all Texas A&M
men and women toward a high code of ethics and personal dignity.

2

Product Soft Innovation

The iNotebook

Target Audience:

This product’s target market are students, teachers, and any person who relies on
note taking or sketching to perform efficiently in their occupation.

Narrative:

The iNotebook is a smart notebook that employs the use of sensors, which are
embedded in each page, to sense and scan ink or lead inputs. Once these inputs
are recognized by the sensors, the sensors then send them to the iNotebook
application software downloaded on your computer. The iNotebook application,
which comes with the purchase of the product, translates the inputs and displays
your notes and images digitally and organizes them by the pages they were
written on.

Visual Depiction:

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Product Soft Innovation

Prior Works Collection

Needs:

● A reimagined and efficient method of note taking
● A reliable and secure system that organizes a user’s notes, sketches, and

ideas into one place that will not be lost
● A convenient device that can be utilized at any time

Resources:

● Requires the use of any lead or ink based writing utensil
● secure wifi connection
● the iNotebook computer application, and a computer that supports MAC

IOS or Microsoft Windows operating software.
● Investors
● Research into an algorithm that enables the sensors in each page to

translate the inputs into HTML that a user's desktop computer can read.

Precedent:

https://www.freepatentsonline.com/10014004.html

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Process Soft Innovation

Mobile University ID

Target Audience:

This product’s target audience are university students and staff.

Narrative:

This mobile app allows the user to scan their university ID cards and in turn
displays a unique barcode on the user's smartphone. Each barcode, assigned by
the app, represents an individual's student/staff university identification. The
barcode can be scanned to enter campus buildings and purchase food and other
items from campus stores. The barcode can also be scanned by professors to take
student attendance and verify student identification for exam taking. Students
and staff only need to scan their physical IDs once to access their barcode, and is
never needed again. Once the ID is scanned, the app user can then log in to the
app with their university email and UIN to access the barcode. This process
eliminates the need for a physical ID, promotes campus safety, and saves the time
that students and faculty cannot waste. This process requires a mobile
application, any smartphone, secure internet connection, and effective cyber
security.

Visual Depiction:

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Process Soft Innovation

Prior Works Collection
Needs:

● Provides university students and staff with an efficient mode of
Identification verification.

● Promotes campus safety and security
● Saves faculty and student time

Resources:

● Capital and investors
● App developers and researchers
● Secure wifi connection
● Users with smartphones
● Barcode scanners on university campuses

Precedents:

https://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2006/0097041.html

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Service Soft Innovation

Aggieland Uber

Target Audience:

This service innovation is aimed to be utilized by TAMU students and staff who
live far from campus and campus bus stops, do not have a means of personal
transportation, and/or can not afford a parking permit.

Narrative:

This service innovation allows Uber and their drivers to partner with Texas A&M
transportation services to provide TAMU students and staff with an easy,
inclusive, and inexpensive way to get to and from campus. Students and staff first
download the Aggieland Uber app on their smartphones and login with their
TAMU email and UIN. The app user then enters their home address, campus
destination address, and the time they want to be driven. Once confirmed, the
app pairs the user with a driver who picks them up at the scheduled time. Once
the user is dropped off, they can request to be picked up later by the driver at the
same location and driven to their home address. Finally the app user pays for the
drive in any of the following ways: a personal debit card linked to the app or
dining dollars linked to the user's UIN. TAMU students and staff can also become
Aggieland Uber drivers and use their earnings as credit to pay for their rides. This
service also allows Texas A&M to offer students and staff a plethora of incentives
to receive discounted or free rides. For example, students can obtain free rides by
having a 3.0 GPA or higher or get discounted rides by joining a student
organization and attending A&M campus events.

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Service Soft Innovation

Aggieland Uber

Visual Depiction:

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Service Soft Innovation

Prior Works Collection
Needs:

● Serves to make sure all TAMU students and staff, no matter their situation,
get to their classes on time and be able to access resources available only
on campus

● Saves time, money, and energy
● Inclusive
● Allows TAMU to offer incentives to students to promote campus

involvement and academic success

Resources:

● Partnership with Uber
● The Uber mobile app
● Investors
● Secure Wifi or cellular data

Precedent:
https://www.uber.com/

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