Mobile Message Filtering System for Priority Consolidation
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Solution Overview
Problem
As mobile devices become more connected and capable, users face overwhelming amounts of incoming information from various messaging formats, such as e-mail, SMS, and MMS, making it difficult to organize and prioritize important messages.
Innovation Solution
A message filtering system for mobile devices that uses customizable filters based on sender identity and account settings to consolidate high-importance messages, allowing users to define filters through text input, address book contacts, or selected messages, and displays them in a separate interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mobile devices support multiple connectivity options and messaging formats, then communication capability is improved, but information overload increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments incoming messages from different sources (email, SMS, MMS, IM) and applies different filtering rules to each type. The system creates separate filter sets for different messaging formats and sources, allowing selective processing and display of high-priority messages from each channel while consolidating them in a unified interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary filtering system that sits between the multiple messaging sources and the user interface. This intermediary layer processes incoming messages through customizable filters, prioritizes them based on user-defined criteria, and presents only relevant messages in the consolidated interface, thereby reducing information overload.
2Ease of operation
If customizable filters are implemented to organize messages, then message organization is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service filter creation where users can define their own filtering criteria without technical expertise. The system provides user-friendly interfaces for creating filters based on sender identity, message content, timing, and other attributes, allowing users to customize message organization according to their personal needs without requiring complex system configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal filtering framework that can handle multiple messaging formats and sources through a single integrated system. The same filter mechanism works for email, SMS, MMS, and instant messages, providing multi-functional message organization capabilities without requiring separate specialized systems for each message type.
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AI summary
A system for managing and filtering incoming messages to a mobile device is configured to receive incoming messages using multiple formats, such as e-mail, Short Messaging System (SMS) messages, Multimedia Message System (MMS) messages, or other electronic messaging formats. One or more message filters are used to consolidate and display high importance messages by the device in a single location. The message filters may be configured to select incoming messages based on factors such as the identity of the sender and the destination account. After receiving a new message, the system compares characteristics of the incoming message to the key characteristics defined by one or more of the filters. If an incoming message matches one of the filters, the system adds the matching message to a list of high importance messages. The system provides a separate user interface to display the high importance messages.