Information Processing Device Location Setting Assistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing systems for setting notifications on communication terminals, such as mobile phones, are inefficient as they require users to frequently input detailed location information, which is cumbersome and time-consuming, especially when setting up notifications for pre-defined content.
Innovation Solution
An information-processing system that assists in inputting location settings by using a communication terminal, relay device, and information-processing device, where the system identifies similar past settings to suggest location information, reducing the need for manual input and streamlining the notification setup process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually input location information for notification settings, then the notification setup can be customized precisely, but the input process becomes time-consuming and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The system stores history information containing location information from past notification settings in advance. When a new notification setting is required, the system retrieves and presents relevant location information from this pre-stored history, eliminating the need for users to manually input location details again.
Solution Approach 2:
The system copies location information from past settings stored in the history information and presents it as candidate information for new settings. Users can select from these copied location options rather than inputting new location data from scratch.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users frequently set up notifications with detailed location information, then the notification system becomes more functional, but the repeated input of the same information reduces efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides feedback to users by presenting candidate location information retrieved from history information during the notification setting process. This feedback mechanism allows users to see previously used location options and select them, avoiding repetitive input while maintaining functional versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary retrieval of relevant location information from stored history before the user completes the setting process. This preliminary action prepares candidate information in advance, streamlining the setting workflow and improving efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If the system stores and processes history information, then input assistance becomes available, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification setting system is enhanced to also function as a history storage and retrieval system. The same system components handle both the original notification setting function and the additional function of managing history information, avoiding the need for separate dedicated systems and minimizing overall complexity.
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AI summary
[Object] When setting is made relating to a location where notification of a pre-set content to a communication terminal should be performed, to assist input of the setting. [Means to Achieve the Object] In an information-providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when a communication terminal transmits request information for requesting a setting input screen, an information-processing device recognizes character information contained in the request information, and, by referring to history information, identifies location information corresponding to character information similar to the recognized character information. The location information identified by the information-processing device is received by the communication terminal, and this information is reflected on a setting input screen displayed on the communication terminal. As a result, when setting of a location where acquisition of notification information is desired is made using the communication terminal, a location in accordance with past history is displayed on the setting input screen, and thus, the user does not have to perform input for specifying a location, such input tending to be cumbersome, and effort and time can be reduced.