Mobile Terminal Application Recommendation via Connection Status

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile communication terminals do not effectively utilize connection device information to recommend applications or content to users, requiring additional user operations to connect and use devices, and fail to leverage terminal status data for personalized recommendations.

Innovation Solution

A mobile communication terminal with a connection status determining unit, terminal status storage unit, and recommended target executing unit that collects and uses connection and terminal status information, such as movement and environmental data, to automatically recommend and execute applications or content based on the connection status and terminal status.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually search for and select applications or content to use connection devices, then users can find and use the desired applications, but users are inconveniently required to carry out additional operations after connecting connection devices

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of using connection deviceVSAvoidtime for additional operations
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile communication terminal performs preliminary actions by automatically determining and executing applications or content based on connection status and terminal status information before the user needs to manually search or select. The system proactively recommends and executes applications without waiting for user input, thereby eliminating the need for additional user operations after device connection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If mobile communication terminals do not utilize connection device information for recommendations, then the system remains simple, but mobile communication terminals fail to effectively utilize terminal status data for personalized recommendations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized recommendation capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile communication terminal integrates multiple functions into a unified recommendation system that simultaneously processes connection status information, terminal status information, and application execution. The system serves multiple purposes: determining connection status, storing terminal status data, analyzing both types of information, and executing recommended applications, thereby achieving adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If the terminal status storage unit accumulates and stores multiple types of terminal status information, then the system can provide more accurate personalized recommendations, but the information storage and processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of recommendationVSAvoidamount of stored information
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal status storage unit stores information with local quality by categorizing and organizing different types of terminal status data (movement information, environmental information, location information) according to their specific characteristics and relevance to recommendation accuracy. This structured approach allows the system to retrieve and process only the necessary information for each recommendation scenario, reducing overall storage requirements while maintaining high recommendation accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10225704B2Mobile communication terminal and method of recommending application or content
Publication Date: 2019.03.05 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A mobile communication terminal and a method of recommending an application or content by providing information regarding a terminal status obtained by the mobile communication terminal when a connection device is connected to the mobile communication terminal without having to look for the application or content. The mobile communication terminal includes a connection status determining unit which determines a connection status of a connection device and the mobile communication terminal, a terminal status storage unit which stores information regarding a terminal status of the mobile communication terminal; and a recommended target executing unit which determines a recommended application based on the connection status and the information regarding the terminal status of the mobile communication terminal.