Context-Aware Call Notification System for Privacy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing call notification systems lack the ability to provide context-based reasons for non-response, leading to generic or inappropriate notifications being sent to other devices, which can be undesirable or misleading.

Innovation Solution

A device and method that analyze context information about a user's situation to determine the reason for non-response and adjust the notification message accordingly, considering the relationship between users before deciding whether to transmit the message, ensuring personalized and contextually relevant notifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a generic notification message is transmitted when a user does not respond to a call request, then the notification can be sent quickly and simply, but the notification lacks context relevance and may be inappropriate for the user's situation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenotification transmission speedVSAvoidcontext information about user situation
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of context information (user situation, relationship with caller) before generating the notification message. This allows the notification to be customized based on the user's current state while still being transmitted efficiently, resolving the contradiction between speed and contextual accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The notification message parameters are dynamically changed based on context analysis. The system adjusts the content, tone, and detail level of the notification according to the user's situation and relationship with the caller, transforming a static generic message into a dynamic context-aware message.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If context information analysis is performed to determine the reason for non-response, then the notification message becomes more accurate and relevant, but the processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of notification messageVSAvoidsystem processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The context analysis process is segmented into distinct modules: obtaining context information, analyzing user situation, determining relationship with caller, and generating notification content. This modular approach manages system complexity by breaking down the complex analysis task into manageable, independent processing stages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that bridges the simple call request reception and the complex notification generation. This intermediary layer handles context analysis and message customization, isolating the complexity from both the input and output operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If the notification message includes detailed context information, then the communication quality improves, but user privacy may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completeness in notificationVSAvoiduser privacy exposure
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The notification message provides locally optimized information quality based on the relationship between users. Close contacts receive more detailed context information, while strangers receive only generic notifications. This selective information disclosure maintains privacy while improving communication quality where appropriate.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The information disclosure parameters in the notification message are dynamically adjusted based on the relationship analysis. The system changes the level of detail, sensitivity, and personalization of the notification content according to the trust and relationship level with the caller, balancing information completeness with privacy protection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10382907B2Device and method for providing notification message about call request
Publication Date: 2019.08.13 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided are an artificial intelligence system for simulating functions and so forth of human brains by using a mechanical learning algorithm. A method, performed by a device, of providing a notification message about a call request may include one or more of receiving the call request from another device, obtaining context information about a situation of a user if a user input accepting the call request is not received within a preset time, determining a reason for a non-response of the user by analyzing the context information, obtaining information about a relationship between the user and another user of the other device, generating a notification message describing the reason for the non-response based on the context information, determining whether to transmit the notification message to the other device based on the reason for the non-response and the information about the relationship, and transmitting the notification message to the other device based on the determination.