Mobile Terminal Automatic Application Update Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of mobile terminals often lack awareness of application updates and must manually initiate updates, leading to potential use of outdated application versions.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal system that automatically detects update events based on predefined conditions and provides users with update information through a graphical interface, allowing for automatic or user-initiated updates.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If automatic update detection and notification is implemented, then user awareness of updates is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveupdate information awarenessVSAvoidupdate management system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting update events before the user needs to update, checking for updates in advance, and preparing update information. This allows the system to proactively notify users of available updates without requiring manual checking, thereby improving update information awareness while managing complexity through automated preliminary detection and notification mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If manual update initiation is required, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication update efficiencyVSAvoidupdate system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by automatically detecting update events, checking for available updates, and presenting update information to users without requiring manual intervention for the detection and notification processes. This automates the update management workflow, improving productivity by eliminating manual update checking while maintaining manageable device complexity through targeted automation of specific update management tasks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If automatic updating is performed, then productivity is improved, but user control is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveupdate process efficiencyVSAvoiduser control over updates

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by automatically detecting update events and providing update information to users through notifications and interfaces, allowing users to see what updates are available and make informed decisions. This feedback mechanism maintains user control and awareness while enabling efficient automatic update detection and management, resolving the contradiction between productivity improvement and user control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10949188B2Mobile terminal and control method thereof

Publication Date: 2021.03.16 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

AI summary

A mobile terminal capable of performing updating on an application and a control method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes: a checking unit configured to check status information of the mobile terminal in relation to updating of an application; a detection unit configured to detect an application in which an update event has occurred, on the basis of the status information of the mobile terminal; and a controlled configured to perform updating on the application detected by the detection unit.