App Runtime Voiceprint Exit Control for Minor Usage Limits

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods fail to effectively address the addiction of minors to various applications (apps) due to insufficient self-control and parental supervision challenges.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device implements voiceprint recognition to determine if a user is a target user after a duration threshold is reached, prompting for a voice token to exit the app if the user is a minor, thereby providing intelligent supervision.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If parental supervision is relied upon to prevent minor addiction to apps, then supervision effectiveness is improved, but implementation difficulty increases due to parents inability to supervise in real-time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupervision effectivenessVSAvoidsupervision implementation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic supervision without requiring active parental involvement. The electronic device autonomously monitors app usage duration, performs voiceprint recognition to identify minors, and executes exit actions based on pre-set thresholds, making the supervision system self-operating and eliminating the need for real-time parental supervision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual parental supervision with automated electronic systems. Voiceprint recognition technology substitutes for physical parental monitoring, and automatic exit mechanisms replace manual intervention, thereby resolving the contradiction between supervision effectiveness and implementation complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Extent of automation

If voiceprint recognition is performed to identify minors and exit apps, then supervision intelligence is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupervision intelligenceVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs voiceprint recognition and app exit actions automatically when the duration threshold is reached, eliminating the need for delayed manual assessment. The electronic device is pre-configured with supervision rules and voiceprint databases, enabling immediate automated response without time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If real-time monitoring of app usage is implemented, then supervision efficiency is improved, but energy consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupervision efficiencyVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system monitors app usage periodically based on pre-set duration thresholds rather than continuously. Voiceprint recognition is triggered only when the threshold is reached, and the electronic device enters low-power states between monitoring cycles, thereby maintaining high supervision efficiency while minimizing energy consumption through periodic rather than continuous operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This method efficiently and intelligently manages app usage by minors, preventing excessive engagement and ensuring the app exits if the user is a minor, enhancing supervision efficiency.

Implementation Method 1

performing, by the electronic device, voiceprint recognition on the voice token entered by the user, and determining, according to a voiceprint recognition result, that the user is the target user

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVoiceprint recognition:

Data Source

PatentUS12568080B2Application running method and electronic device
Publication Date: 2026.03.03 HONOR DEVICE CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides an application running method and an electronic device. The method includes: displaying, by an electronic device, a first interface, where the first interface is an interface displayed after a target application APP is started; prompting, by the electronic device in a case that the electronic device determines that a running duration of the target APP is greater than or equal to a duration threshold, a user to enter a voice token, where the voice token is randomly generated by the target APP; and making the target APP exit, and displaying, by the electronic device, a second interface in response to determining, by the electronic device, according to the voice token entered by the user, that the user is a target user, where the second interface is an interface displayed by the electronic device after the target APP has exited.