Central Network Repository for Dynamic User Profile Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Device manufacturers and software developers face challenges in keeping pace with rapidly changing user communication demands, making it difficult to dynamically manage user profiles and status changes across various devices and services.

Innovation Solution

A Central Network Repository (CNR) system that automatically detects and updates user status, pushes relevant features and settings to devices, and utilizes third-party devices to determine and verify status changes, enabling dynamic interaction between services and devices without user intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If device manufacturers and software developers continuously update devices and applications to accommodate changing user communication demands, then user communication capabilities are improved, but the complexity of keeping pace with rapid technological advancement increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser communication capabilitiesVSAvoidsystem management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic detection and updating of user status through third-party devices and centralized profile management. The CNR automatically receives status change information from third-party devices, updates user profiles, and pushes notifications to user devices without requiring manual user intervention or complex developer implementation for each status change scenario.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The centralized network repository serves multiple functions: storing user profile information, receiving status change data from third-party devices, verifying accuracy through cross-device comparison, and distributing updated information to multiple user devices. This multi-functional approach simplifies the system architecture compared to implementing separate specialized systems for each function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If the system automatically detects and updates user status without user intervention, then ease of operation is improved, but the accuracy of status change information may deteriorate due to potential false detections

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser intervention requirementVSAvoidstatus change accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where status change information detected by one third-party device is verified against data from other third-party devices associated with the user. The centralized network repository compares multiple independent observations to confirm the accuracy of status changes before updating the user profile, ensuring reliable automatic detection without user intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The centralized network repository acts as an intermediary that receives, verifies, and validates status change information from multiple third-party devices before committing updates. This intermediary layer filters out false detections by cross-checking data from independent sources, maintaining accuracy while enabling automatic operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If the system pushes status change information to multiple user devices simultaneously, then information synchronization is improved, but the loss of time for processing and distributing information increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation synchronizationVSAvoidinformation distribution time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes the centralized network repository with user profile templates and device association data before status changes occur. When a status change is detected, the verification and update process can proceed immediately using pre-configured information, reducing the time required for information distribution to multiple devices while maintaining synchronization reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10390190B2Method and apparatus for dynamically managing user profiles and status change information

Publication Date: 2019.08.20 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P

AI summary

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving status change information from a first communication device of a first user over a network; adjusting a user profile of a second user responsive to the status change information; and providing the status change information to a group of second communication devices of the second user to cause the group of second communication devices to adjust operational parameters according to the status change information. Other embodiments are disclosed.