Mobile Content Server for Inactive Call State Personalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile communication systems lack the ability to customize and display personalized content, such as images or videos, on a user's mobile device during inactive call states like dialing, ringing, or being on hold, limiting user personalization and engagement.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows users to store and transmit customized content, including images or videos, to a mobile communications device during inactive call states, using a processor, storage medium, and connectivity module, enabling display on both local and remote devices through a content server or local storage, with rules for content selection and association with specific parties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standard connecting or hold image is displayed during inactive call states, then the mobile device can maintain basic communication functionality, but user personalization and engagement are limited
Solution Approach 1:
A content server acts as an intermediary between users and mobile devices, storing and managing personalized content (images, videos, GIFs) that can be delivered during inactive call states. This mediator handles the complexity of content storage, retrieval, and delivery, allowing users to personalize their calling experience without each device needing complex built-in content management systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The content server provides multi-functional capabilities by storing various types of content (images, videos, GIFs), managing multiple users' personalized content, handling content delivery during different call states (dialing, ringing, on-hold), and enabling both push and pull content delivery mechanisms, all through a single universal platform.
2Adaptability or versatility
If personalized content is transmitted during inactive call states, then user engagement is enhanced, but data transmission and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Personalized content is extracted from individual mobile devices and stored externally on a content server. This extraction allows each user's device to maintain minimal local storage while still providing personalized content during calls. The content server becomes the central repository, removing the burden of large-scale content storage from individual devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution moves content storage from the horizontal dimension (local device storage) to a vertical dimension (cloud-based content server). This dimensional shift allows unlimited content storage capacity without increasing individual device storage requirements, as content can be fetched on-demand from the server during inactive call states.
3Ease of operation
If content is displayed during call initiation and suspension states, then user experience is improved, but network bandwidth consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Content delivery is implemented as a periodic action triggered by specific call state events (call initiation, call suspension). Rather than continuous transmission, content is delivered only when needed during these specific states. The system can also implement periodic content updates or rotations, delivering different content at different times to maintain user engagement while optimizing bandwidth usage.
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AI summary
A method for displaying content on a mobile communications device during an inactive call state. The method can include storing content for transmission to the mobile communications device, transmitting content to the mobile communications device in response to an event, and displaying the content on the mobile communications device while the mobile communications device is in an inactive call state, wherein the event includes a call initiation event or a call suspension event, wherein the inactive call state includes a call initiation state or a call suspension state, and wherein the content includes images, image sequences, or videos.