Infotainment Access Tool for Contextual Web Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile device users face challenges in quickly accessing relevant web content due to the vast amount of data available, often spending time searching for interesting information and waiting for pages to load, especially in limited time frames like waiting in a doctor's office.
Innovation Solution
An infotainment access tool that utilizes mobile contextual data, such as user-specific information, location, browsing history, and social graph, to filter and present contextually relevant web content, allowing users to easily access interesting web pages through a user-friendly interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users access web content through a traditional browser, then they can access the vast amount of data available on the web, but they spend most of their time looking for information of interest and waiting for pages to load
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting contextual data from multiple sources (location services, calendar, contacts, messages, apps) before the user actually searches for information. This contextual information is pre-processed and used to proactively present relevant web content to the user, eliminating the need for time-consuming searches. The system prepares and filters potential content in advance based on the user's current context.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the infotainment access tool) between the user and the vast web content. This intermediary collects contextual data, filters web content based on that context, and presents only relevant results to the user. It acts as a mediator that translates the user's implicit information needs (derived from contextual data) into specific web content selections, saving time and improving access efficiency.
2Ease of operation
If users manually search through web content, then they can find information of interest, but they waste valuable time in limited time frames
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically collecting contextual data from the mobile device, autonomously filtering web content based on that context, and presenting relevant results without requiring manual user input. The system serves itself by using its own contextual capabilities to identify and deliver relevant web content, eliminating the need for users to manually search through vast amounts of data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of web content selection by using contextual parameters (location, time, contacts, calendar events) instead of traditional search queries. It transforms the selection criteria from user-initiated keywords to system-determined contextual factors, fundamentally changing how web content is selected and presented to users.
3Productivity
If the system presents filtered web content based on contextual data, then users can quickly access relevant information, but the system must process and analyze multiple data sources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a multi-functional system that simultaneously performs multiple tasks: collecting contextual data from various sources, filtering web content, presenting results, and adapting to different contexts. This single infotainment access tool handles diverse functions (location-based filtering, contact-based filtering, calendar-based filtering, etc.) through a unified architecture, managing complexity through functional integration.
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AI summary
Available web content is filtered based on context data available on a mobile device. Access to the filtered web content is then made available through an infotainment user interface. Context data may be based on a variety of data including, but not limited to, location information, recent communications, scheduled appointments, social network interactions, user-specified favorites, and so on.