Cross-Device Function Recommendation From App Usage Patterns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often fail to utilize the full range of functions provided by their electronic devices, such as display devices, due to unawareness of available features, leading to suboptimal usage of functionalities during content execution.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus that acquires usage behavior data from external devices to identify frequently used functions and patterns, recommending relevant functions to users based on this data to enhance user experience and functionality utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functions are provided by the display device, then the functionality and versatility of the device is improved, but the user's awareness and utilization of these functions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system collects usage behavior data from external devices, analyzes it to identify relevant functions, and provides feedback to users through recommendations. This closed-loop feedback mechanism helps users become aware of functions they would otherwise overlook, resolving the contradiction between providing multiple functions and maintaining user awareness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically analyzes usage patterns and identifies relevant functions without requiring users to actively search for or learn about available functions. By making the system self-serve in identifying and recommending functions, users benefit from enhanced functionality without the cognitive burden of understanding all available features.
2Ease of operation
If the system recommends functions based on usage behavior data, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic apparatus acts as an intermediary between external devices and users. It collects usage behavior data from external devices, processes this data to identify relevant functions, and presents recommendations to users. This intermediary approach simplifies the user interface while managing the complexity of data processing in the background.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic apparatus includes: at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively, configured to: acquire usage behavior data about a plurality of applications executed in a plurality of external devices and a plurality of functions provided by each external device, from the plurality of external devices through a communication circuit; acquire relevant information indicating one or more functions performed within a period range based on an execution point in time of the application among the plurality of functions, based on the acquired usage behavior data; and perform a recommended operation of the one or more functions corresponding to an application executed in the external device, based on the acquired relevant information.