Mobile Terminal To-Do List Management with Server Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current mobile terminals only provide a reminder function for to-do tasks, failing to support users in completing these tasks, and lack intelligent management and prediction of recurring tasks.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal and server system that displays a user interface for managing to-do lists, allowing users to register tasks and receive corresponding mobile services, including task completion support and prediction of recurring tasks based on log information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a to-do list function is implemented with only a reminder capability, then the device complexity is low, but the task completion support is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetask completion supportVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that works in conjunction with the mobile terminal. The server stores task information, manages task data, and provides intelligent recommendations, while the terminal handles user interaction and display. This division allows enhanced task completion support without significantly increasing terminal complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the terminal receives task completion status from the server and updates the user interface accordingly. The server analyzes user behavior patterns and provides feedback in the form of intelligent task recommendations, creating a closed-loop system that improves task completion support.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If intelligent management of multiple to-do items is implemented, then the task management capability is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetask management capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the task management system into distinct functional modules: a terminal module for user interaction and display, a server module for data storage and analysis, and a communication module for data exchange. This segmentation allows intelligent task management capabilities to be distributed across components, reducing the complexity burden on any single device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The server is designed as a universal platform that can manage multiple types of tasks across multiple users simultaneously. It provides centralized storage, analysis, and recommendation services that benefit all connected terminals, achieving high adaptability without proportionally increasing individual terminal complexity.

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

3Extent of automation

If prediction of recurring tasks is added based on log information, then the intelligence level of the system is improved, but the use of energy and computational resources increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction capabilityVSAvoidcomputational energy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The server acts as an intermediary that performs the computationally intensive log analysis and prediction algorithms. The terminal only needs to send basic log data and receive prediction results, significantly reducing its energy consumption while still benefiting from intelligent prediction capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The server performs preliminary analysis of user behavior patterns and pre-generates prediction models during periods when computational resources are more readily available. This allows the terminal to receive ready-made predictions without performing heavy computations itself, reducing real-time energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11044358B2Mobile terminal and method for providing user interface using the same, server and method for providing mobile service using the same
Publication Date: 2021.06.22 NAVER CORP
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AI summary

Disclosed is a method of operating a mobile terminal that is capable of interworking with a server, and the method includes: displaying a first user interface (UI) for managing a to-do list of a terminal user on a display unit; registering a task to be performed by the terminal user as a to-do item in the to-do list based on user information input through the first UI, and managing the plurality of to-do items registered in the to-do list; and when at least one of the plurality of to-do items is selected, performing an operation related to a task corresponding to the selected to-do item.