Event Notification System with Acknowledgment-Based Safety Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current scheduling and notification systems do not provide a method to verify the safety of users or caregivers after the conclusion of a scheduled event, such as a hike or jog, nor do they ensure the presence of a caregiver after the event.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that determine the conclusion of a prescheduled event, send a first notification to associated communication addresses, and if not acknowledged within a predetermined time, send subsequent notifications to both the user and an alternate contact, ensuring safety verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If automated notification systems are implemented to verify user safety after events, then user safety monitoring capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures notification sequences and recipient lists before events occur. When an event concludes, the system automatically executes the pre-planned notification sequence without requiring real-time decision-making, thereby improving safety verification while minimizing system complexity during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system is divided into discrete sequences with specific recipients at different stages. The system segments the safety verification process into multiple notification attempts sent to different contacts (user, emergency contact, alternate contact) based on acknowledgment receipt, making the complex verification process manageable and systematic.
2Reliability
If multiple notification attempts are sent to ensure acknowledgment, then safety verification reliability is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic notification attempts at predetermined intervals rather than continuous monitoring. After an event concludes, the system sends notifications in a predefined sequence with specific time intervals between attempts, ensuring reliable safety verification while limiting total time expenditure through the predetermined number of attempts and intervals.
3Reliability
If the system monitors event conclusions and sends notifications, then caregiver presence verification is improved, but information processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages the entire notification process including determining event conclusion, selecting recipients from pre-configured lists, sending notifications, tracking acknowledgments, and initiating subsequent notifications if needed. This self-service approach verifies caregiver presence while minimizing information processing load by eliminating the need for external system intervention or complex real-time decision-making.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatus and methods of event scheduling and notification. According to one aspect, a method, operational at a server, may include determining that a prescheduled event is concluded, sending a first notification message to one or more user communication addresses associated with the prescheduled event, determining if a first acknowledgement to the first notification message is received before a first predetermined period of time elapses, and sending a second notification message to the one or more user communication addresses if the first acknowledgement is not received by expiration of the first predetermined period of time. The method may further include determining if a second acknowledgment to the second notification message is received before a second predetermined period of time elapses and sending a third notification message to the communication addresses and a first alternate contact notification message to an alternate contact communication address.