Electronic Device Automatic Response Based on Sender Identity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current messaging systems fail to determine the status of a callee's electronic device after sending a message, leading to uncertainty and trust issues between senders and receivers, as they cannot confirm receipt or response status within a preset time.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that automatically send a response message when a received message is not confirmed within a preset time or a response message is not sent within a preset time, using a processor unit to determine the status of the sender's contact number and generate messages based on the device's current status, such as location or mode, to send an appropriate automatic response.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If automatic response messages are sent to all senders, then user convenience is improved, but privacy protection deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidprivacy exposure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating the automatic response behavior based on the sender's identity. The system checks whether the sender's contact number is in the user's contact book, and only sends automatic responses to recognized contacts. This selective approach allows the system to provide convenient automatic responses to trusted contacts while protecting privacy from strangers, thus resolving the contradiction between user convenience and privacy protection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Loss of time

If the system monitors message confirmation status continuously, then response timeliness is improved, but energy consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse delayVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic action by checking message confirmation status at intervals rather than continuously monitoring. The system checks whether a received message is confirmed within a preset time period, and only triggers an automatic response if the confirmation status changes within that period. This periodic checking mechanism reduces energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring while still maintaining timely response capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

3Productivity

If the system sends automatic responses for all messages, then productivity is improved, but message relevance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse efficiencyVSAvoidmessage relevance
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by using the contact book status as a filtering parameter. The system changes the response behavior based on whether the sender is a recognized contact (parameter change from unrecognized to recognized). This parameter-based filtering ensures that automatic responses are only sent to relevant contacts, maintaining message relevance while still improving overall response efficiency through automation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10454853B2Electronic device and method for sending response message according to current status
Publication Date: 2019.10.22 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device and a method for sending a response message according to a current status are provided. An operating method of the electronic device includes determining whether a received message is confirmed within a preset time, when the received message is not confirmed within the preset time, determining whether a contact number of a sender electronic device is a preset contact number, and when the contact number of the sender electronic device is the preset contact number, sending an automatic response message to the sender electronic device corresponding to a preset automatic response message status.