Dynamic Contact Information Adaptation for Shared Office Context

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Solution Overview

Problem

In shared office settings, users face difficulties in making contact with interested individuals due to static or indiscriminate contact information, which may not account for the location or context of the second user, leading to inefficient communication and collaboration opportunities.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that acquires position information of a second user and alters contact information accordingly, reporting the adapted contact information to the first user, ensuring that the information is relevant and suitable for the context, such as providing face photos or email addresses based on proximity and security considerations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If static contact information is provided to all users, then information can be easily accessed, but the contact information may not be relevant to the user's location or context, reducing effectiveness

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontextual relevance of contact informationVSAvoidsystem complexity for managing dynamic contact information

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The contact information is transformed from static to dynamic by automatically updating based on the second user's current position. The system acquires position information and selects appropriate contact information (e.g., face photo when nearby, email address when far away) according to predetermined position ranges, making the contact information adaptable to the user's context without manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Different contact information is provided based on the user's local situation (position). The system divides the position space into predetermined ranges and assigns different contact information types to different ranges, ensuring that the contact information matches the local context (e.g., providing face photos for nearby users and email addresses for distant users).

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If contact information is updated frequently based on position, then contact effectiveness is improved, but information processing load and privacy concerns increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontact effectivenessVSAvoidprivacy protection

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the parameter of contact information type based on the position parameter. By establishing predetermined position ranges and selecting contact information types according to the current position within these ranges, the system achieves contextual relevance while maintaining privacy protection through automated, rule-based selection rather than unrestricted information disclosure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10917482B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Publication Date: 2021.02.09 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires position information about a position of a second user, and a reporting unit that, in a case of a first user making contact with the second user, when reporting contact information that is information uniquely specifying the second user, alters the contact information according to the position information and reports the altered contact information to the first user.