Appliance State Notification Control for Selective Multi-Terminal Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Message notification devices often notify all family members about appliance states, leading to increased communication volume, even when not all members need to be informed.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method and device that control notifications by determining whether an appliance state is critical, allowing all terminals to receive notifications only when necessary and limiting notifications to specific terminals for non-critical states, using an information management server to assess the importance of appliance states and manage terminal notifications accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all terminals are notified about every appliance state, then all family members receive complete information, but communication volume increases unnecessarily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating notification requirements based on appliance state types. Critical states (e.g., error conditions, maintenance needs) are notified to all terminals, while non-critical states (e.g., operational status, minor updates) are notified only to specific terminals or selected members. This selective notification approach ensures that each terminal receives appropriately tailored information based on its relevance to the specific appliance state, thereby maintaining information completeness for critical matters while reducing overall communication volume.
2Reliability
If notifications are sent to all family members, then no one misses important information, but unnecessary notifications increase communication overhead
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements parameter changes by dynamically adjusting notification parameters based on the appliance state. When a critical state is detected, the system changes the notification parameter to broadcast to all terminals, ensuring high reliability. For non-critical states, the notification parameter is changed to target only specific terminals or individual members, thereby reducing communication overhead. This dynamic parameter adjustment allows the system to maintain reliability for important notifications while optimizing communication efficiency for routine updates.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing method executed by a computer to control notification by a plurality of terminals (first terminal and second terminal) associated with an appliance includes: obtaining information defining, for each state of a plurality of possible states of the appliance, whether the state is a predetermined state that requires the notification by all of the first terminal and the second terminal; obtaining a state of the appliance; determining whether the state of the appliance obtained is the predetermined state; performing control to cause all of the first terminal and the second terminal to make the notification, when it is determined that the state of the appliance is the predetermined state; and performing control to cause a specific terminal out of the first terminal and the second terminal to make the notification, when it is determined that the state of the appliance is not the predetermined state.