Dynamic Contact List for Context-Aware Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional contact lists in telecommunication devices are often lengthy and cumbersome, requiring users to scroll through numerous entries to find the most relevant contacts, making it difficult to quickly initiate calls based on current location, time, or calling routines.
Innovation Solution
A system that generates a dynamic contact list by analyzing user calling attributes such as location, time, and call frequency, using a server or device processor to create a smaller, more relevant list of contacts, which can be displayed or transmitted for easy access, and optionally includes reminders based on these attributes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a traditional contact list is used to store all contacts, then completeness of contact information is maintained, but the list becomes lengthy and cumbersome requiring extensive scrolling to find relevant contacts
Solution Approach 1:
The contact list is segmented into multiple categories or groups (e.g., frequent contacts, recent contacts, by location, by time of day). This segmentation allows users to quickly navigate to relevant sections rather than scrolling through the entire contact list, thereby maintaining completeness while improving accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The contact list dynamically reorganizes or reorders contacts based on current context such as location, time, or usage patterns. Contacts are automatically prioritized and positioned in the list based on their relevance to the current situation, making frequently needed contacts immediately accessible without manual scrolling.
2Loss of information
If all contacts are displayed in the contact list, then comprehensive contact access is provided, but user effort and time to locate specific contacts increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-processes and pre-organizes contacts based on predicted user needs, storing them in optimized positions or pre-filtered groups. When a user needs to find a contact, the system has already prepared the most relevant contacts for immediate display, eliminating the need for users to spend time searching through the entire list.
Solution Approach 2:
Manual searching and scrolling through contacts is replaced with automated electronic sorting and filtering algorithms. The system uses computational methods to analyze contact data, user behavior patterns, and contextual information to automatically present the most relevant contacts, substituting mechanical user effort with intelligent automation.
3Ease of operation
If the contact list is shortened to show only relevant contacts, then accessibility and ease of use improve, but the ability to access less frequent contacts may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The contact list system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides quick access to frequent contacts through dynamic prioritization, while also maintaining comprehensive search and browsing capabilities for less frequent contacts. The system adapts its display and access methods based on user needs, offering both simplified quick-access views and complete contact database access.
Data Source
AI summary
A system that can store attributes from a plurality of past communications by a terminal device to one or more recipients. The system can also identify a routine based on the stored attributes. The system can also generate a contact list including at least one of the one or more recipients according to the routine. The system can also output the contact list. The attributes may include identifications of one or more recipients of the plurality of past communications and an order in which the one or more recipients are communicated with from one or more locations of the terminal device during the plurality of past communications.