Mobile Terminal Call Recommendation System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile terminals face challenges in providing rapid and convenient access to call counterparts based on user communication patterns, time, and location, as existing systems lack efficient methods for recommending call counterparts in real-time contexts.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal system that generates communication patterns based on phone numbers and related time or location information, acquires supplementary information, and selects phone numbers or information based on current time or location to display recommended call counterparts, utilizing a pattern management unit, contacts management unit, and recommendation controller.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual searching for call counterparts is used, then users can find any contact, but it takes too much time and effort

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of accessing call counterpartVSAvoidtime for searching call counterpart
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by generating communication patterns in advance based on historical data, time information, and location information. When a user needs to make a call, the system has already prepared recommended call counterparts based on these pre-analyzed patterns, eliminating the need for manual searching and significantly reducing access time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically analyzing user communication patterns, time information, and location information to generate and recommend call counterparts without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by continuously learning from communication data and autonomously providing recommended contacts, freeing users from manual searching efforts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If communication patterns are generated and analyzed, then call recommendations become accurate, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of call recommendationVSAvoidcomplexity of pattern management system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex pattern management function into distinct modules: a pattern generation unit that creates communication patterns from raw data, a pattern management unit that stores and organizes these patterns, and a recommendation unit that queries and applies patterns. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity by making each component's function clear and manageable while maintaining high recommendation accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The pattern management unit acts as an intermediary layer between raw communication data and the recommendation system. It stores pre-generated communication patterns and serves them to the recommendation unit when needed, decoupling the complex pattern generation process from the recommendation logic and simplifying the overall system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If supplementary information is acquired and stored, then user convenience is enhanced, but memory usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of call accessVSAvoidmemory storage requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the most essential and frequently used supplementary information from complete contact data, such as names, frequencies of communication, and relevant context. By taking out only the necessary elements rather than storing all available information, the system enhances user convenience with relevant details while minimizing memory consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS8862108B2Mobile terminal and method for recommending call counterpart
Publication Date: 2014.10.14 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of providing a phone number of an anticipated call origination counterpart along with associated supplementary information according to a user's communication pattern, time information at which the mobile terminal is in use, or location information of the mobile terminal, thereby guaranteeing a rapid and convenient accessibility with respect to the call origination counterpart, and a method for recommending a call origination counterpart.In order to achieve the above object, there is provided a method for recommending a call origination counterpart of a mobile terminal, including: generating a communication pattern based on a counterpart's phone number and information related to a time or a location; acquiring supplementary information associated with the phone number; selecting a phone number corresponding to a current time or a current location based on the communication pattern; and displaying the selected phone number or the supplementary information associated with the selected phone number.