Electronic Device Keyword Extraction for User-Specific Manual Content

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing user manuals, whether printed or electronic, often fail to meet the individual needs of users due to varying levels of experience and skill, leading to information overload or insufficiency.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device configured to process user requests, extract keywords, and select relevant information content from a content database, providing user-specific information on demand through a user interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If a printed user manual is provided to cover all user needs, then information completeness is improved, but manual size and weight increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidmanual weight
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSWeight of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary information for each specific user based on their device type and usage scenario, rather than including all possible information in a complete manual. The system selectively provides information about specific functions relevant to the user's actual device and needs, significantly reducing the amount of information that needs to be carried.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The user manual system transitions from a static printed document to a dynamic electronic system that automatically adapts content based on user profile, device type, and usage context. The manual content is dynamically generated and updated based on real-time user needs, allowing the same system to provide different levels of detail to different users without increasing physical size.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If a multilingual printed user manual is provided for global distribution, then language adaptability is improved, but manual size and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelanguage adaptabilityVSAvoidmanual complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic manual system serves multiple languages and cultural contexts through a single universal platform. The system can detect user language preferences and automatically provide instructions in the appropriate language, eliminating the need to maintain separate physical manual inventories for each language while preserving comprehensive language adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of creating physical copies of multilingual manuals for different regions, the system uses digital copying and distribution. The same electronic manual database can be accessed by users worldwide in their respective languages through digital replication, eliminating the complexity of managing physical multilingual publications while maintaining comprehensive language support.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Loss of information

If a comprehensive electronic user manual is provided, then information completeness is improved, but information overload for experienced users increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoiduser operation ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different levels of information detail to different users based on their expertise level and usage patterns. Experienced users receive concise, targeted information relevant to their specific needs, while less experienced users receive more comprehensive guidance. This localized information quality ensures completeness for each user's specific context without overwhelming them with unnecessary information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor user interaction patterns and adjust the level of information provided accordingly. By analyzing how users interact with the manual system, the algorithm learns to provide appropriate information depth and complexity levels, preventing information overload for experienced users while ensuring completeness for those needing more detail.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

4Ease of manufacture

If a static printed user manual is provided, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability to different user needs decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoiduser need adaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the fundamental parameter of the manual from a fixed physical document to a dynamic digital system. This allows the manual to automatically adapt its content, structure, and presentation based on user profile, device type, and usage context, providing high adaptability to different user needs while maintaining relative manufacturing simplicity through standardized digital content creation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12314293B2Information system and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.05.27 SANOFI SA(FR)
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to an information system, a method of providing information, and a respective electronic device. The electronic device is operable to provide an information to a user being indicative of a user device. The electronic device comprises: a processor to process a user request, a user interface to communicate with the user, and an electronic storage connected to the processor. The processor is operable: to extract at least one keyword from the user request, to select at least one information content from a content database on the basis of the at least one extracted keyword, and to provide the at least one selected information content to the user via the user interface.