Emergency Information Viewing Result Report Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current emergency information notification systems, such as EAS, lack the ability to confirm whether emergency information is reliably output to user terminals, as existing tests only verify signal delivery to broadcasting stations and not actual user endpoints like TVs.

Innovation Solution

A communication apparatus and data processing method that generate and analyze emergency information viewing result reports, using a Consumption Data Message (CDM) format to record and confirm the output of emergency information on user terminals, including identifiers, output times, and position information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If existing EAS test regulations are used, then signal delivery to broadcasting stations can be verified, but reliable confirmation of emergency information output to user terminals cannot be achieved

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereliability of emergency information notificationVSAvoidability to confirm user terminal output

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a feedback mechanism where reception apparatuses (user terminals) send back viewing result reports to transmission apparatuses. This feedback loop enables the system to verify whether emergency information was successfully received and output by actual users, resolving the measurement precision issue while maintaining reliability improvement

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses viewing result reports as an intermediary data structure that carries information about emergency information output status from reception apparatuses to transmission apparatuses. This intermediary mechanism enables indirect measurement of user terminal output without requiring direct monitoring infrastructure at user devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If emergency information is delivered to all user terminals simultaneously, then broad coverage is achieved, but selective notification based on user needs and position cannot be implemented

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveselective emergency information notificationVSAvoidnumber of user terminals receiving information

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by enabling selective emergency information delivery based on user terminal characteristics such as position, device type, and user preferences. Different users receive tailored emergency information content appropriate to their local conditions and needs, rather than uniform broadcast to all terminals

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the user terminal population into different groups based on their characteristics (position, device type, user preferences) and delivers emergency information separately to each segment. This segmentation enables adaptive notification while controlling the effective quantity of terminals receiving relevant information

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive testing of emergency information output is implemented, then accurate verification of user terminal performance is achieved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of emergency information output verificationVSAvoidcomplexity of testing system

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables reception apparatuses to self-report their emergency information output status by automatically generating and transmitting viewing result reports. This self-service approach provides accurate verification data without requiring complex external testing infrastructure or active intervention from transmission apparatuses

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses viewing result reports as copies of output status information that are generated at reception apparatuses and transmitted to transmission apparatuses. These copies carry all necessary verification data without requiring direct monitoring connections or complex testing systems at the transmission end

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS11450199B2Communication apparatus and data processing method

Publication Date: 2022.09.20 SATURN LICENSING LLC

AI summary

Provided is a configuration that permits confirmation of emergency information viewing results on a reception apparatus, an endpoint of emergency information such as TV. A data processing section of a reception apparatus such as TV that receives and outputs emergency information generates an emergency information viewing result report that contains a record of emergency information viewing result information and sends the generated emergency information viewing result report to a management server and so on. The data processing section generates an emergency information viewing result report that contains a record of an identifier of emergency information output by the reception apparatus and emergency information output time information in accordance with a CDM (Consumption Data Message) format. The CDM keeps a record of not only emergency information output time information but also reception apparatus position information, emergency information sender information, and so on.