Meeting Mode Automation via Location Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for automatically configuring mobile devices to switch between ring modes based on user availability are inaccurate, often placing devices in the wrong mode due to unverified user location and meeting attendance.
Innovation Solution
The system uses user calendar information and location data to determine actual meeting attendance by monitoring user movement and location proximity to scheduled events, employing a Bluetooth Low Energy module to adjust the device's status accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If automatic configuration methods are used to switch device ring modes based on calendar events, then device configuration automation is improved, but accuracy of meeting mode activation deteriorates due to unverified user location and attendance
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors user location via GPS and compares it with expected meeting location to provide feedback on actual attendance. This feedback loop allows the system to verify whether the user is truly at the meeting location before activating meeting mode, thereby resolving the contradiction between automation and accuracy by adding verification based on real-time location data
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary location verification before activating meeting mode by checking if the user's current location matches the meeting location in advance. This preliminary action ensures that meeting mode is only activated when the user is confirmed to be at the correct location, preventing premature or incorrect mode switching while maintaining automated operation
2Ease of operation
If device status is changed based on calendar events alone, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability of mode setting deteriorates due to incorrect mode activation
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses real-time location feedback from GPS sensors to verify whether the user is actually at the meeting location before changing device status. This feedback mechanism ensures that meeting mode is only activated when both the calendar event indicates a meeting and the location data confirms attendance, thereby improving reliability while maintaining ease of operation through automatic verification
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically verifies location and determines meeting attendance without requiring manual user input. The device self-services by comparing its own location data with meeting location information from the calendar, automatically making accurate mode decisions without user intervention, thus maintaining ease of operation while improving reliability
3Measurement precision
If location monitoring is implemented to verify meeting attendance, then accuracy of attendance determination is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the device's existing GPS location capabilities, which are already present for other functions like navigation and location-based services. By repurposing this existing multi-functional hardware for meeting attendance verification, the system improves accuracy without significantly increasing device complexity, as the location monitoring infrastructure already exists
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines calendar event data with location monitoring functions into a unified meeting attendance verification process. By merging these two data sources and processing them together through integrated logic, the system achieves accurate attendance determination while minimizing additional complexity through consolidated processing rather than separate independent systems
Data Source
AI summary
A method includes: obtaining schedule information from an online calendar for a user; monitoring for user movement at a predetermined time proximate to a scheduled event in the calendar; after detecting user movement, determining whether user location is consistent with a location associated with the scheduled event; if user location is consistent with scheduled event location, changing the electronic device status based on the scheduled event. An apparatus includes: a sensor configured to monitor and detect user movement; a processor coupled to the sensor and adapted to execute one or more processes; a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module configured to operate in peripheral mode; a memory configured to store a meeting mode module executable by the processor, the meeting mode module when executed operable to: perform the above method.