Automated Death Notification System with Biometric Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bereaved families face inconvenience in informing acquaintances and relatives about a death and coordinating funeral processes, especially with the shift towards more dignified and personalized death rituals, requiring a modern solution that combines portable devices with network technology.
Innovation Solution
A message sending system comprising a member terminal, a main server, and a beacon terminal, which uses biometric and GPS data to accurately determine the time of death and send notifications and messages to mourners, including funeral guiding and greeting messages, through a wired or wireless network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If bereaved families directly inform acquaintances and relatives about death through wire or other methods, then personal touch and customization are improved, but convenience and efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an automated notification system as an intermediary between the bereaved family and mourners. The system receives death notification information, automatically generates personalized invitation messages, and distributes them to mourners through electronic communication channels, thereby maintaining personalization while eliminating the manual burden on the family
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically generating and sending personalized invitation messages without requiring direct intervention from the bereaved family. The automated generation of messages based on pre-set templates and automatic distribution to registered mourners allows the system to serve itself in the notification process
2Ease of operation
If automated notification system is implemented, then convenience and efficiency are improved, but ability to deliver personalized messages deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing different portions of the notification message for different mourners. The system generates personalized messages that include the mourner's name, relationship to the deceased, and specific funeral details, while using standardized templates for the overall message structure, thereby achieving both automation and personalization
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters of the message content based on the specific mourner being notified. By dynamically adjusting message parameters such as the recipient's name, relationship to the deceased, and personalized greetings while maintaining the core notification content, the system delivers personalized messages through automated processes
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual coordination of funeral processes is performed, then flexibility and adaptability are improved, but time consumption and complexity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-registering mourner information, pre-setting message templates, and pre-configuring notification preferences before the death occurs. When death notification information is received, the system can immediately proceed with generating and sending personalized invitations without requiring manual coordination at that critical moment, thereby reducing time consumption while maintaining flexibility
Data Source
AI summary
A message sending system, the system including: a member terminal of a member; a main server connected to the member terminal through a wired or wireless network; and an emergency contact terminal having a predetermined relationship with the member terminal, information of the emergency contact terminal is registered in the main server, wherein the member terminal is configured to upload, to the main server, a list of mourners comprising a list of persons to be invited as mourners and a message to be delivered to each of the mourners, and wherein the main server is configured to: determine, through the member terminal and the emergency contact terminal, the time of death of the member having the member terminal, and in response to determining the time of death of the member, send a notice of the member's death to mourner terminals registered in the list of mourners.