Mobile Terminal Event Notification for Wearable Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for improved user interfaces and methods that enable optimal interworking between mobile terminals and wearable devices, specifically for notifying users of event information related to selected events, including payment events, with efficient timing and notification mechanisms.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal equipped with a wireless communication unit, touch screen, and controller that extracts event information from screen data upon user request, transmitting it to an external terminal to generate a notification screen before the event's closing time, using touch inputs and graphic objects to facilitate link information output and payment-related notifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If event information is extracted and transmitted to external terminal, then user notification of event information is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser notificationVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts event information from the mobile terminal's internal data and transmits it to the wearable device's notification system. This separation allows the mobile terminal to maintain simplicity while the wearable device handles notification complexity independently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The wireless communication unit acts as an intermediary between the mobile terminal and wearable device. It handles the data exchange without requiring direct integration or complex inter-device protocols, simplifying the overall system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If notification screen is output prior to closing time, then user awareness of event is improved, but time management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser awarenessVSAvoidtime management
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by extracting and transmitting event information before the actual event occurs. The notification screen is prepared and output in advance, ensuring users are aware of events timely without requiring complex real-time calculations or last-minute notifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If touch input is required for extracting event information, then user control precision is improved, but operation simplicity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser controlVSAvoidoperation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service operation where the mobile terminal automatically extracts and transmits event information to the wearable device without requiring user intervention. The touch input requirement is eliminated, allowing the system to function autonomously while maintaining precise event detection through automated screen capturing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10003682B2Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
Publication Date: 2018.06.19 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same that may perform wireless communication with an external terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal comprises a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external terminal; a touch screen outputting screen information; and a controller extracting event information included in the screen information on the basis of a user request and transmitting the extracted event information to the external terminal such that a notification screen corresponding to the event information is output from the external terminal prior to a predetermined time from a closing time of an event corresponding to the event information.