Deferring Alert Output for Notification Consolidation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computing devices often overwhelm users with frequent alerts for received notification data, leading to unnecessary interactions and increased power consumption.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where computing devices defer alert outputs based on a threshold time indicated in the notification data, outputting alerts only after the specified time has elapsed since receipt, thereby consolidating multiple notifications into a single alert.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the computing device outputs an alert immediately each time notification data is received, then the user is notified of all received notifications, but the frequency of alerts increases and power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The computing device performs preliminary actions by deferring alert output for a specified threshold amount of time after receiving notification data. This preliminary delay allows the system to consolidate multiple notifications before generating alerts, reducing the total number of alerts while ensuring all notifications are eventually delivered to the user.
2Reliability
If the computing device outputs an alert immediately each time notification data is received, then all notifications are delivered, but the frequency of alerts increases causing user annoyance
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a preliminary delay action where alerts are deferred for a threshold amount of time before output. This allows multiple notifications received in quick succession to be consolidated into a single alert, reducing the frequency of user interactions while maintaining complete notification delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The computing device merges multiple notification alerts into a single consolidated alert by deferring output for a threshold time period. This combining approach consolidates frequent alerts into fewer, more manageable notifications, reducing user interaction frequency while preserving all notification information.
3Ease of operation
If the computing device defers alert output for a threshold time, then the frequency of alerts is reduced, but the time delay between notification receipt and alert output increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies a preliminary time delay action where alert output is deferred for a threshold amount of time after notification receipt. This preliminary deferral reduces alert frequency by consolidating multiple notifications, while the threshold time parameter ensures that notifications are not delayed excessively and maintain acceptable response time.
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AI summary
A computing system is described that receives, at a particular time, notification data, the notification data indicating a threshold amount of time for which the computing system is to delay outputting an alert based on the notification data. The computing system initiates, based on the threshold amount of time, a deferred output of the alert based on the notification data. Responsive to determining that the threshold amount of time has elapsed since the particular time, the computing system outputs the alert based on the notification data.