Adaptive Telephony Control via Biotelemetry and Environmental Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing telephony systems lack the ability to dynamically adjust and control telephony functions based on physiological and environmental data, leading to unwanted interruptions, such as ringing, during specific activities or conditions like sleeping or exercising.

Innovation Solution

Integration of physiological data collection and environmental data analysis within communication devices to determine the user's availability and preferences, allowing for automatic adjustment of telephony functions, such as ringer control, call routing, and preferred communication methods, using a communication control module that includes analysis, data conversion, and profile management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the phone rings normally regardless of user activity, then the user can be contacted at any time, but the user experiences unwanted interruptions during sleeping or exercising

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontact availabilityVSAvoidunwanted interruptions

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts telephony function behavior based on real-time physiological and environmental data. The communication control module modifies ringer control, call routing, and notification methods according to detected user states (sleeping, exercising, working), transforming the static phone behavior into adaptive, context-aware responses that prevent unwanted interruptions while maintaining contactability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors physiological data (heart rate, temperature, motion) and environmental conditions to determine user availability. This feedback loop enables the communication control module to automatically adjust telephony functions based on real-time user state, creating a responsive system that adapts to changing conditions without requiring manual user input.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system collects and processes physiological and environmental data, then telephony functions can be automatically adjusted to user preferences, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomatic telephony adjustmentVSAvoiddata collection and processing system

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The communication control module serves multiple functions: it collects physiological data from sensors, processes environmental information, determines user availability, and automatically adjusts telephony functions. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single integrated module, the system achieves high adaptability while minimizing the increase in overall device complexity through functional consolidation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically monitors user physiological state and environmental conditions, then self-adjusts telephony functions without requiring manual user configuration. The communication control module autonomously processes data and applies appropriate telephony settings based on detected conditions, reducing the need for user intervention and simplifying the user experience despite the underlying complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If the ringer volume is increased to ensure call audibility, then the caller can hear the ring clearly, but the user experiencing harm from loud noises during sleeping or exercising

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecall audibilityVSAvoidnoise harm to user

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts ringer volume based on real-time physiological data detection. When sleeping or exercising conditions are detected, the communication control module automatically reduces or silences the ringer volume to prevent noise harm to the user, while maintaining adequate audibility for calls during appropriate conditions through adaptive volume control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the physical parameter of ringer volume based on detected user state and environmental conditions. The communication control module modifies audio output parameters dynamically, reducing volume during sensitive periods (sleeping, exercising) while maintaining normal volume during appropriate conditions, thus resolving the contradiction between audibility and noise harm prevention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS7675411B1Enhancing presence information through the addition of one or more of biotelemetry data and environmental data

Publication Date: 2010.03.09 AVAYA INC

AI summary

One or more of telephony functions and communication routing management are controlled by one or more of presence information, environmental information and physiological information. An analysis of the one or more of presence information, environmental information and physiological information is compared with a profile and the one or more of telephony functions and communication routing modified in accordance with a rule set associated with the profile. The environmental and physiological information can be acquired by a communications device associated with a person or through the communications device communicating with one or more dedicated environmental or physiological sensors.