Location-Based Emergency Alert Setting Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional emergency alert systems in consumer electronics face disruptions during public emergencies due to telecom outages and congestion, leading to delayed or lost communication, especially when devices change locations, requiring updated emergency alert settings that often go unnoticed by users.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus that detects location changes and prompts users to update emergency alert settings, receiving new emergency information based on the updated settings from broadcast stations, ensuring relevant alerts are disseminated according to the device's new location.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional emergency alert systems use mobile carriers and telecom resources, then emergency alerts can be disseminated to users, but the system becomes vulnerable to outages, congestion, and communication failures during public emergencies

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveemergency alert delivery reliabilityVSAvoidtelecom outage and congestion vulnerability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces broadcast television channels as an intermediary communication medium between emergency alert authorities and users. This mediator approach allows emergency alerts to be transmitted through a different infrastructure (broadcast TV) that operates independently from mobile carrier networks, thereby avoiding the vulnerability to telecom outages and congestion while maintaining reliable alert dissemination.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the transmission parameter from mobile network-based communication to broadcast television-based communication. By switching the communication medium and transmission parameters, the system achieves higher reliability during emergencies when mobile networks are congested or down, as broadcast channels provide a alternative transmission path that is not affected by the same congestion issues.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If emergency alert settings are configured for a specific location, then location-specific alerts can be delivered accurately, but the system fails to update settings when users change locations, resulting in irrelevant alerts

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelocation-based alert accuracyVSAvoidlocation change adaptability

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by automatically detecting location changes and proactively prompting users to update their emergency alert settings before the user manually intervenes. The system monitors location parameters (such as GPS coordinates or IP address changes) and initiates the setting update process in advance, ensuring that alerts remain relevant to the user's current location without requiring manual configuration changes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors user location and provides real-time feedback by prompting users to update their emergency alert settings when location changes are detected. This feedback loop ensures that the system adapts to user movements and maintains accurate location-based alert delivery, resolving the contradiction between precision and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Measurement precision

If users manually update emergency alert settings when moving locations, then setting accuracy can be maintained, but user burden and potential for missed updates increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveemergency alert setting accuracyVSAvoiduser operation convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service by having the system automatically detect location changes and initiate the setting update process without requiring active user participation. The system monitors location parameters, compares them with stored settings, and prompts users for updates autonomously, reducing the operational burden on users while maintaining setting accuracy. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for users to manually check or configure settings after each location change.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10681522B1Emergency alert setting control based on location change

Publication Date: 2020.06.09 SATURN LICENSING LLC

AI summary

An electronic apparatus for emergency alert setting control based on a location change, is provided. The electronic apparatus stores emergency alert setting and location information associated with a known location of the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus detects a change in the known location of the electronic apparatus from the known location to a different location. The electronic apparatus outputs notification information to update the stored emergency alert setting based on the detected change in the known location of the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus receives a first user input corresponding to at least one emergency setting parameter of the stored emergency alert setting based on the output notification information. The electronic apparatus updates the emergency alert setting based on the received user input and receives new emergency information, included in multimedia content, from a different broadcast station via a different broadcast channel based on the updated emergency alert setting.