Add-on Device for Mobile Message Content Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users find it difficult to modify automatically generated messages on mobile communication devices due to restricted content editing capabilities, which limits the personalization of messages and reduces the attractiveness of messaging services.
Innovation Solution
An add-on device intercepts messages from the smart card of a mobile communication device, modifies the visible content using a software application in a microcontroller, and forwards the modified content for transmission, allowing users to replace or delete predefined content with user-generated content without restrictions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If predefined messages are automatically generated and sent without modification, then message transmission speed and ease of operation are improved, but user customization capability and message personalization are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The message composition process is segmented into predefined template selection and user-editable content sections. Users can select from predefined message structures while having the freedom to modify specific content segments, thus achieving both ease of operation and customization capability
Solution Approach 2:
Message templates and structures are prepared in advance as predefined configurations. This preliminary preparation provides users with ready-to-use message frameworks that can be quickly selected and then customized, combining the benefits of pre-prepared content with user-specific modifications
2Productivity
If users are restricted from modifying predefined message content, then message transmission efficiency is improved, but user experience and service attractiveness are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The message composition system transitions from a static predefined model to a dynamic hybrid model. Messages start as predefined templates for efficiency but become dynamically editable by users, allowing the system to adapt between efficiency and customization based on user needs
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary editing interface is introduced between the predefined message generation and final transmission stages. This intermediary layer allows users to modify message content while maintaining the efficient predefined structure as a foundation, balancing transmission efficiency with user experience
3Adaptability or versatility
If message content is fully editable by users, then message personalization is improved, but device complexity and implementation difficulty are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The message composition system is segmented into predefined template components and user-editable components. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity by maintaining structured templates while allowing targeted user modifications in specific segments, rather than requiring full-message editing capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The message composition system is designed to handle multiple message types and formats through a universal predefined template framework. This multi-functional approach reduces complexity by using a single flexible system that can accommodate various message personalization needs rather than requiring separate systems for each message type
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AI summary
To allow a user of a mobile communication device to modify a message generated in a smart card (202) of the mobile communication device (101) with a predefined text, the invention suggests an add-on device (208) for transmitting a message from a mobile communication device to a recipient via a mobile communication network. The add-on device (208) is adapted to intercept a message sent from a smart card (202) of the mobile communication device (101) to a radio module (203) of the mobile communication device (101), to modify a visible content of the message and to forward the message to the radio module (203) after the modification of the message for transmitting the message to the mobile communication network. Furthermore, the invention relates to a mobile communication device including the add-on device and to a method for sending a message.