Motion-Based Event Notification for Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing notification systems on mobile devices do not effectively manage event notifications when the device is in a motionless state, often leading to unnecessary interruptions or missed notifications, as they lack the ability to differentiate between intentional and unintentional device movement.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method on mobile communications devices to determine when they have entered a motionless state and only provide notifications when the device transitions to a moved state, allowing users to suppress notifications until they are actively using the device, based on predefined thresholds and attributes related to event importance or sender settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notifications are provided continuously regardless of device state, then important events are not missed, but unnecessary interruptions occur when device is motionless
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system dynamically adjusts its behavior based on the detected motion state of the device. When motion is detected, notifications are delivered normally; when the device is motionless, notifications are suppressed or delayed. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by making the notification system responsive to the actual usage context rather than operating in a static mode.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the notification delivery parameter based on the motion state parameter. By monitoring device movement and transitioning between motionless and moved states, the system adjusts whether notifications are delivered, suppressed, or delayed. This parameter-based control allows the system to maintain reliability when needed while avoiding unnecessary interruptions during motionless periods.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If notifications are suppressed when device is motionless, then unnecessary interruptions are minimized, but important notifications may be missed
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system incorporates feedback from motion sensors to determine whether to deliver notifications. The system continuously monitors device state and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust notification behavior. This feedback mechanism ensures that notifications are suppressed during motionless states to avoid interruptions, while automatically resuming normal delivery when motion is detected, thus maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically transitions between suppression and delivery modes based on real-time motion detection. Rather than a static suppression policy, the system adapts its notification behavior to the current device state, ensuring that important notifications are not missed while minimizing unnecessary interruptions during motionless periods.
3Ease of operation
If motion detection is implemented to control notifications, then notification management is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system uses the device's existing motion detection capabilities to automatically determine when to deliver notifications. The system serves itself by utilizing already-present sensors and processing power, rather than requiring entirely new hardware or complex external systems. This self-service approach improves notification management while minimizing the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The motion detection system serves multiple functions: it controls notification delivery, determines device usage state, and potentially triggers other context-aware features. By making the motion detection capability universal and multi-functional, the patent reduces the need for dedicated separate systems, thereby improving notification management without proportionally increasing device complexity.
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AI summary
A method and computer-readable media are provided for presenting notifications to a user via a mobile communications device upon the device receiving an indication that an event has occurred, such as a telephone call, a voicemail, an e-mail, a text message, or a calendar event. A device may receive an indication that an event has occurred while it is in a motionless state, such as when the device has not detected its own movement for a predetermined amount of time. The device may track the event occurrence and may provide a notification of the event occurrence upon the device entering a moved state. A moved state may be entered upon when the device determines that it has been moved. If the device is in a motionless state when it receives the indication of the event, it may not provide a notification at that time.