Mandatory and Optional Feedback Segmentation in Aerosol Provision Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing aerosol provision systems, such as electronic cigarettes, often lack sufficient user feedback mechanisms, leading to improper usage and suboptimal operation.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an aerosol feedback provision system that includes a feedback portion capable of providing first and second feedback to the user, where the first feedback cannot be selectively prevented and the second feedback can be selectively prevented.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If feedback is provided to the user, then user awareness of device status is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The feedback system is segmented into two distinct types: mandatory feedback (first feedback) that cannot be prevented, and optional feedback (second feedback) that can be selectively prevented. This segmentation allows the system to provide critical information while reducing overall complexity by allowing users to disable non-critical feedback notifications.
Solution Approach 2:
Different quality levels are applied to different feedback types. Mandatory feedback maintains full visibility and cannot be prevented, ensuring critical information is always conveyed. Optional feedback has reduced visibility and can be prevented by the user, allowing flexibility in information delivery based on user preferences.
2Reliability
If all feedback is made mandatory, then user safety is improved, but user autonomy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The feedback system segments notifications into mandatory and optional categories, allowing users to maintain control over their experience while ensuring critical safety information is always delivered. Users can prevent optional feedback based on their preferences without compromising safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts feedback delivery based on user actions. Users can selectively prevent optional feedback by interacting with the device interface, while mandatory feedback remains dynamically delivered regardless of user preferences, ensuring safety information is always communicated.
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AI summary
A feedback portion for a feedback provision system including an aerosol provision system. The feedback portion provides a first feedback and second feedback to a user of the aerosol provision system. The feedback provision system is configured to not allow the first feedback to be selectively prevented from being provided by the feedback portion; and is configured to allow the second feedback to be selectively prevented from being provided by the feedback portion. In this way, feedback relating, for example, to critical operating mechanisms of the aerosol provision system may be displayed in a mandatory manner in order to ensure safe operation of the aerosol provision system. On the other hand, feedback relating, for example, to useful but not critical information may be selectively provided by the feedback portion, such that the user has the option to decide whether this non-mandatory feedback is provided by the feedback portion.