Location-Based Mobile Settings Control for Event Compliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often forget to adjust their device settings in contexts where it is necessary or polite to do so, such as during flights or performances, leading to non-compliance with rules and policies.
Innovation Solution
A system that automatically adjusts user device settings by determining the user's attendance at an event, requesting encryption information, receiving and decrypting encrypted commands from location-based transmitters, and changing device settings with user permission and incentives.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users manually adjust device settings for events, then user control and awareness are maintained, but users often forget or fail to adjust settings in time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically adjusting device settings before the event begins. The application detects the user's presence at the event location and proactively changes settings (e.g., enabling airplane mode, silencing notifications) without requiring the user to remember or manually adjust them in time.
2Reliability
If automatic setting adjustment is implemented, then compliance with event rules is improved, but user control and privacy may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by notifying users before automatic setting changes occur. Users receive notifications informing them of the upcoming automatic adjustment, allowing them to review and confirm the changes. This feedback loop maintains user awareness and control while enabling automatic compliance with event rules.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting event context through location services and applying appropriate settings without requiring manual user intervention. The application monitors its own state and environment to trigger automatic settings adjustments, reducing the burden on users while maintaining compliance.
3Reliability
If encryption information is stored on the device, then security of command transmission is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts encryption information from complex cryptographic protocols and stores only the essential elements (encryption keys or certificates) in secure device storage. This extraction approach simplifies the implementation by focusing on the critical security component rather than managing entire cryptographic systems, thereby improving security while limiting the increase in device complexity.
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AI summary
Aspects described herein may relate to systems and methods for automatically adjusting mobile device settings based on a signal transmitted by a wireless transmitter at a location. By providing for automatic adjusting of mobile device settings, the systems and methods may, for example, achieve greater compliance with rules and other policies of airlines, performance venues, schools, and/or other entities associated with events and/or contexts in which mobile device settings should be adjusted. Aspects described herein may allow for automatic adjustment of mobile device settings without compromising a user's privacy, security, or control of a user device.