Centralized Non-Native Notification Consolidation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience due to missing notifications across multiple devices, as they often go unnoticed or are forgotten, especially in noisy environments or when devices are inaccessible.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for providing non-native notifications that allow a target device to receive and present alerts, reminders, and messages from non-native applications executing on source devices, either within a guest environment or through a cloud-based service, enabling users to view these notifications at a central location without needing to access the source devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users check multiple devices for notifications, then notification coverage improves, but time consumption and user burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges notification delivery across multiple devices by designating one device as a master device that consolidates notifications from all slave devices. The master device receives and displays notifications from multiple slave devices, allowing users to check a single device for all notifications rather than checking each device individually.
Solution Approach 2:
The master device serves multiple functions by handling notifications from multiple different slave devices simultaneously. It acts as a universal notification hub that can receive, manage, and display notifications from various sources, eliminating the need for users to interact with multiple devices separately.
2Ease of operation
If notifications are distributed across multiple devices, then notification accessibility improves, but notification management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the notification management system into hierarchical roles: one master device and multiple slave devices. Each device has a clearly defined function - slave devices generate and send notifications, while the master device receives and manages them. This segmentation simplifies the overall system by dividing complex notification management into manageable, role-based components.
Solution Approach 2:
The master device acts as an intermediary between multiple slave devices and the user. It mediates the notification flow by receiving notifications from slave devices and presenting them to the user in a unified manner, thereby simplifying notification management while maintaining accessibility across multiple devices.
3Loss of information
If users rely on device-specific notifications, then notification context accuracy improves, but user awareness of important notifications decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a spatial dimension to notification management by allowing notifications to be accessed on any device in the network, not just the device where they were generated. Users can view notifications from slave devices on the master device, effectively adding a new dimension of accessibility to the notification system while preserving the original notification context.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of providing non-native notifications and system thereof. These notifications are generated by non-native applications that can be executed on a target device, specifically within a guest environment on the target device, or can be executed on a physically disjoint source device that is communicatively coupled with the target device via a local pairing mechanism or a service in a cloud. The application player and the source device are able to capture these non-native notifications. The target device is able to receive and present these non-native notifications to a user. Notifications include alerts, reminders, updates and messages generated by non-native applications. The user does not need to access the non-native applications, or the application player or source device they are executing on to see the non-native notifications. Instead, the user views these non-native notifications at a central location on the target device.