Notification Control System for Health Advice Timing
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Solution Overview
Problem
In an office setting, users may overlook notifications intended to promote health actions due to the absence of an API to interlock with their scheduler, leading to notifications being sent during times when the user has a nearby schedule, causing them to be missed.
Innovation Solution
A notification control system that includes a reception unit for movement events, a schedule presence/absence determination unit, a message generation unit, and a presentation unit, which generates and presents advice to users based on the likelihood of their schedule, avoiding notifications during scheduled times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notifications are sent to users during movement events (leaving seat/room), then users may receive health advice timely, but users may miss notifications if they have a schedule immediately after the movement event
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary checking of the user's schedule before sending notifications. The schedule determination unit checks whether the user has a schedule immediately after the movement event time point, and only sends notifications when no schedule is detected, preventing notification overlooking in advance
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the user's schedule information as feedback to dynamically control notification sending. By continuously monitoring the schedule data and using it to determine notification timing, the system adapts its behavior to avoid sending notifications during periods when users are likely to miss them
2Reliability
If the system interlocks with user scheduler API to check schedules, then notification timing can be optimized, but device complexity increases due to API integration requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The schedule determination unit acts as an intermediary layer between the notification system and the scheduler API. It abstracts the schedule checking functionality, providing a standardized interface that simplifies integration while maintaining accurate schedule awareness for notification timing decisions
3Productivity
If notifications are sent during break times between actions, then reaction time is short and opening rate is high, but users may still miss notifications if they have immediate schedules
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary schedule verification before sending notifications during break times. By checking the schedule immediately after the movement event time point in advance, the system ensures that notifications are only sent during genuine breaks when users are available, preventing overlooking while maintaining high opening rates
Data Source
AI summary
A notification control apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a reception unit that receives movement event information indicating that a movement event of a user has occurred; a schedule presence/absence determination unit that determines whether or not the user has a schedule immediately following or immediately preceding an occurrence time point of the movement event; a message generation unit that generates an advice to be notified to the user on the basis of the determination and the occurrence time point of the movement event; and a presentation unit that presents the generated advice to the user.