Identity-Based Notification Preview Control for Shared Terminals

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional notification prompt methods on terminal devices lack intelligence in user privacy protection, as they rely solely on user-set modes without considering the actual application scenario, leading to potential privacy leaks.

Innovation Solution

A method that determines a target terminal based on preset conditions and user identity, adjusting the notification prompt mode to display or withhold content based on the number and identity of users currently using the terminal, utilizing facial or voice recognition to enhance privacy protection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the notification prompt mode is set to display preview content, then the user can quickly understand notification information, but user privacy may be leaked when multiple users share the terminal

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenotification information accessibilityVSAvoidprivacy leakage risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The notification prompt mode dynamically changes based on the detected user identity. The system switches between first prompt mode (displaying preview content) and second prompt mode (hiding preview content) according to whether the current user matches the notification recipient, resolving the contradiction between information accessibility and privacy protection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the notification display parameter (preview content visibility) based on the detected identity information. When the current user identity matches the notification recipient, preview content is displayed; otherwise, it is hidden, thus adapting the notification behavior to different user scenarios

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Object-affected harmful factors

If the notification prompt mode is set to hide preview content, then user privacy is protected, but the user cannot quickly understand notification information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprivacy leakage riskVSAvoidnotification processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the notification prompt mode based on real-time user identity detection. When the current user matches the notification recipient, the system switches to first prompt mode displaying preview content, reducing notification processing time while maintaining privacy protection when users don't match

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Device complexity

If the terminal always uses a fixed notification prompt mode, then the system is simple to implement, but it cannot adapt to different application scenarios and user identities

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenotification system complexityVSAvoidnotification scenario adaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces feedback mechanisms by detecting user identity information (such as facial features) and using this feedback to automatically adjust the notification prompt mode. The detection unit detects current user identity, and the processing unit uses this information to determine whether to display preview content, enabling the system to adapt to different scenarios without requiring complex manual configuration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The notification system performs self-adjustment by automatically detecting user identity and switching between prompt modes without user intervention. The system serves itself by making intelligent decisions about notification display based on detected identity information, reducing the need for complex user settings while improving adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12445551B2Notification prompt method, server, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.10.14 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides a notification prompt method, a server, and a storage medium. The method includes: when a notification is received, determining a target terminal that meets a preset notification prompt condition from terminal devices on which an account of a target user is logged in; obtaining identity information of a user currently using the target terminal; and when detecting, based on the identity information, that only the target user is currently using the target terminal, controlling the target terminal to prompt the notification in a first prompt mode, where preview content of the notification is displayed in the first prompt mode; or when detecting, based on the identity information, that a plurality of users are currently using the target terminal, controlling the target terminal to prompt the notification in a second prompt mode, where preview content of the notification is not displayed in the second prompt mode.