Electronic Device Content Delivery Using External Situation Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle to provide multimedia content that is suitable for the user's current situation, as they rely solely on historical usage data and preferences, failing to consider real-time contextual information.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device determines appropriate content by incorporating information from external devices and sensors, such as illuminance and appliance states, without needing to store all data locally, allowing for a more efficient use of memory resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the electronic device stores all device information, situation information, and content data locally, then it can provide content suitable for the user, but the memory resources are inefficiently utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content provision system into multiple components: the electronic device handles user authentication and basic content delivery, while external servers store and manage device information, situation information, and content data. This segmentation allows the electronic device to provide suitable content without storing all data locally, resolving the contradiction between content suitability and memory efficiency.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device includes all sensors for collecting user situation information, then it can determine content based on current situation, but the device becomes larger and heavier
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the function of collecting situation information from the electronic device itself and assigns it to external sensors and devices. The electronic device receives situation information from these external sources rather than containing all sensing capabilities internally, thereby maintaining situational awareness while reducing device weight and size.
3Loss of time
If the electronic device relies only on historical usage data and preferences, then it can provide recommended content, but it fails to consider real-time contextual information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having the electronic device receive and process situation information in real-time before content delivery. Instead of waiting for historical data analysis, the device proactively obtains current contextual information (device states, environmental conditions, user activities) and uses this information to immediately determine appropriate content, thus resolving the contradiction between response time and contextual adaptation.
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AI summary
An electronic device and a computer program product are provided herein. The electronic device includes: an audio module, a communication module, a microphone, a memory storing programming instructions, and a processor, which executes the program product, causing the electronic device to receive a voice command from a user via the microphone, request, upon receiving the voice command, situation information from a first external electronic device based on device information and the voice command, and after receiving the situation information, transmit the situation information to a second external electronic device via the communication module, and receiving content corresponding to the situation information from the second external electronic device and reproducing the received content.