Location-Based Character Agent Notifications for Mobile Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile terminals lack the ability to effectively remind users of scheduled events at specific locations, leading to missed appointments and inconvenience, especially in public places where alarm sounds can disturb others.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal system that utilizes user position information to trigger character agent functions, allowing for customizable user interfaces and event-driven operations, such as scheduling reminders and adjusting notification modes based on the user's location, through a combination of GPS, event collection, and artificial intelligence.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If a conventional alarm-based schedule management function is used, then the terminal can notify users of scheduled events, but the user may miss the schedule when visiting a place in advance and cannot confirm schedule contents until the registered date and time arrives
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by notifying the user of the schedule content in advance before the registered date and time. The notification is sent when the user's location matches the schedule location, allowing the user to confirm schedule details beforehand and avoid time loss when visiting the place.
2Reliability
If an alarm sound is produced to notify the schedule, then the user can be alerted of the scheduled event, but the alarm sound may cause great inconvenience to others in public places
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by providing different notification methods based on the user's location. When the user is in a public place (detected via location services), the system uses visual or textual notifications instead of alarm sounds. When the user is not in a public place, traditional alarm sounds can be used. This localized approach maintains notification reliability while minimizing disturbance to others.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the terminal provides diverse functionality to meet user requirements, then the terminal can offer additional functions like electronic pocketbooks and Internet accessibility, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies universality by implementing a multi-functional terminal that can perform various functions including schedule management, location-based notifications, electronic pocketbook, and Internet accessibility. The location-based notification system serves multiple purposes: it notifies schedules, provides public place detection, and offers context-aware functionality, thereby reducing the need for separate dedicated systems for each function.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus and method for a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information are disclosed. According to the apparatus and method, a character agent function is added to a mobile terminal, and when an event occurs in the mobile terminal, the event occurrence and process is expressed by corresponding character User Interfaces (UIs). When user position information confirming event and function setting related event occur, they can be expressed through the character agent function.