Call Reservation Scheduling via Intermediary Server Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic devices lack an efficient method for automatically scheduling calls across different devices, leading to inconvenience in coordinating call times between users.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a communication circuit and processor that determines the type of call reservation request, either automatic or manual, and transmits or requests schedule information to/from external devices to schedule calls based on user input, allowing for automatic or manual call reservation management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic scheduling is implemented, then scheduling efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that handles the complex scheduling computations and coordinate management. The electronic device itself remains relatively simple, while the server performs the heavy lifting of determining optimal call times by coordinating schedules across multiple devices. This resolves the contradiction by moving complexity from the endpoint devices to the centralized server.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the server receives schedule information from multiple electronic devices, processes this information to determine optimal call times, and then provides scheduling decisions back to the devices. This feedback loop enables automatic scheduling efficiency while keeping individual device complexity manageable, as each device follows the server's scheduling instructions.
2Device complexity
If manual scheduling is used, then device complexity is reduced, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by having electronic devices proactively send their schedule information to the server in advance. The server then pre-calculates optimal call times based on the collected schedule data before any actual call is needed. This preliminary scheduling action eliminates the need for users to manually set alarms at the last moment, reducing time loss while keeping device complexity low.
3Measurement precision
If schedule information is transmitted between devices, then scheduling accuracy is improved, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as a centralized intermediary that collects schedule information from multiple electronic devices in one location. Instead of each device communicating extensively with every other device (which would consume significant energy), the server consolidates all schedule data and performs centralized coordination. This approach maintains high scheduling accuracy while minimizing the total energy consumption for communication across the network.
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AI summary
An electronic device and a method thereof area provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit configured to communicate with at least one or more external electronic devices as a call reservation target, a processor electrically connected with the communication circuit, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The processor determines a type of a call reservation request from information inputted through a user input requesting a call reservation and controls the communication circuit to perform at least one of transmitting schedule information of the electronic device to the at least one external electronic device and transmitting a request for schedule information of the at least one external electronic device, based on the type of the call reservation request.