Portable Device Action Notification Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of portable information processing devices face challenges in effectively improving communication quality due to unnecessary or unadopted notifications for actions that require significant time and labor, especially when the potential improvement is minimal, leading to user frustration and reduced device usage.
Innovation Solution
An information presenting device that acquires current and potential communication quality, calculates the cost of actions to improve it, and determines whether to display action information based on the quality thresholds and cost, presenting only actionable and cost-effective suggestions to users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the system notifies users of all possible actions to improve communication quality, then the user is provided with complete information, but the user experiences notification fatigue and reduces device usage
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of notification selection from binary (notify all or none) to multi-level (selectable categories such as movement actions, application-specific actions, and quality threshold-based filtering). This allows users to adjust the information flow to their preferences, maintaining completeness while reducing fatigue
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system becomes dynamic by allowing users to change notification preferences based on current situation, device state, and personal preferences. The system adapts what information is presented and when, rather than using a static all-or-nothing approach
2Reliability
If the system presents actions requiring considerable time and labor, then the user may achieve significant communication quality improvement, but the user is unlikely to adopt the presented action
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of action presentation by introducing cost thresholds and categorization. Actions are filtered and prioritized based on cost parameters (time, labor, distance) so that only actions within acceptable cost ranges are presented, or are clearly labeled with their cost implications
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of presenting all possible actions including those with very high costs, the system presents a partial set of actions that are most likely to be adopted. It focuses on low-cost, high-impact actions first, rather than exhaustively listing all potential improvements
3Loss of information
If the system notifies users of actions with minimal improvement effect, then the user receives comprehensive information, but the user perceives the notifications as unnecessary and wasteful
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of notification filtering by introducing quality threshold parameters and improvement magnitude filters. Notifications are selectively generated based on whether the expected improvement exceeds a certain threshold, preventing waste of user attention on negligible improvements
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts and separates notifications with significant improvement potential from those with minimal impact. Only the valuable subset of information (actions with meaningful improvement) is presented to users, while filtering out noisy, low-value notifications
4Ease of operation
If the system requires users to voluntarily check communication quality information, then the user maintains control over information intake, but the user may not refer to information when needed and communication quality remains suboptimal
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that actively monitor device state, application usage patterns, and communication quality metrics. Based on this feedback, the system proactively pushes relevant information to users at optimal moments, balancing user control with active optimization
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of communication quality data and action effectiveness before presenting information to users. By pre-processing and pre-evaluating potential actions, the system prepares optimized recommendations in advance, ready to present only when truly beneficial
Data Source
AI summary
To provide portable information processing devices which is capable of effectively presenting to a user an action that improves communication quality. The information presenting devices include: a communication quality acquisition means that acquires current communication quality and communication quality when a user takes an action; an action cost calculation means that calculates a cost of the action; an information presentation determining means that determines whether information about the action is to be displayed, based on the current communication quality, the communication quality when the action is taken, and the action cost; an action information generating means that determines the action based on the communication quality when the action is taken and the action cost when the information presentation determining means determines that information about the action is to be displayed; and an information presenting means that displays information about the action determined by the action information generating means.