Auto-Generated Response Messages From App Activity and Availability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing response messages do not provide detailed information about a user's current situation when they are unable to respond to incoming calls or messages, requiring manual composition by the user.
Innovation Solution
Devices and methods that automatically generate and transmit response messages based on application information, including current and future availability, using communication units and control units to provide situational awareness to callers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If general response messages are used, then the device can provide a basic response, but the response does not include detailed information about the user's current situation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically collecting application information and generating response messages before the user needs to respond to incoming calls. The control unit proactively gathers data from executed applications and prepares detailed response messages that include current situation information, eliminating the need for manual composition while ensuring information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system serves itself by automatically generating response messages based on its own internal state (executed applications). The control unit monitors which applications are running and uses this self-awareness to construct accurate response messages about the user's current situation, reducing the burden on the user while maintaining information richness.
2Ease of operation
If the user manually composes a text message, then the response can be customized, but the user needs to spend time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically generating response messages based on its own monitoring of executed applications. The control unit detects which applications are running and autonomously constructs response messages without requiring user input, thereby eliminating the time and effort the user would otherwise need to spend on manual composition.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-generating response messages before the user needs to respond. The control unit continuously monitors application execution and prepares response messages in advance, so when an incoming call occurs, the system can immediately provide a customized response without requiring the user to compose anything.
3Loss of information
If the system automatically generates response messages based on application information, then the response includes detailed current situation information, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit performs multiple functions: it monitors which applications are executed, collects information from those applications, and generates appropriate response messages. By making the control unit multi-functional, the patent reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function, thereby managing system complexity while achieving comprehensive situational awareness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functions of application monitoring, information collection, and response message generation into a single integrated control unit. This consolidation approach achieves detailed situational awareness without proportionally increasing overall system complexity, as the control unit leverages existing application interfaces and data structures.
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AI summary
A device includes a communication unit configured to receive a call request from a calling user; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit to provide a response message including information about a current situation based on information about an application currently being executed to the calling user in response to a rejection regarding the call request.