Notification Management via Location-Based Geographic Fences
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional notification management systems fail to dynamically adjust notification settings on user devices based on changing locations and contexts within premises, leading to potential disturbances in various environments.
Innovation Solution
A system that determines notification rules based on the location and context of user devices within defined surroundings, using sensors and a central server to enforce settings that minimize disruptions, such as silencing notifications in quiet areas or low-light environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If audio notification is provided to the user, then the user can be alerted of incoming communications or events, but it may cause disturbance to other individuals located near the user
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different notification settings to different spatial locations by defining geographic fences and determining device location within them. When a device enters a designated area, the system locally modifies notification behavior (e.g., silencing audio notifications) specifically for that location, allowing notifications to be delivered appropriately based on the local environment rather than applying a uniform setting globally.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism (geographic fence and location determination system) between the notification delivery process and the user device. This intermediary automatically detects when a device enters a restricted area and mediates the notification settings by transmitting instructions to modify notification behavior, thereby preventing disturbance without requiring manual user intervention.
2Ease of operation
If visual notification with illumination is provided to the user, then the user can be alerted of events, but it may cause disturbance in areas with low ambient lighting
Solution Approach 1:
The system modifies visual notification behavior based on the local characteristics of the geographic area. When a device enters a designated geographic fence, the system applies location-specific settings that adjust or silence visual notifications with illumination, preventing light disturbance in sensitive areas while maintaining normal visual notification delivery in appropriate environments.
3Ease of operation
If haptic notification is provided to the user, then the user can be alerted of events, but it may cause disturbance as it entails an auditory component
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies location-specific modification to haptic notification settings. When a device enters a designated geographic fence, the system transmits instructions to modify notification settings that reduce or eliminate the auditory component of haptic notifications, preventing auditory disturbance in sensitive areas while preserving haptic feedback functionality in appropriate contexts.
4Adaptability or versatility
If notification settings are manually adjusted by the user, then the user can control notification behavior, but the system cannot dynamically adapt to changing locations and contexts
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms static manual notification settings into dynamic, location-adaptive settings. By implementing geographic fences and location determination, the system automatically modifies notification settings based on the device's current location within predefined areas, enabling real-time adaptation to changing contexts without requiring continuous manual user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where the device's location is continuously determined relative to defined geographic fences, and notification settings are automatically adjusted based on this location information. This closed-loop system provides automatic adaptation to changing locations and contexts, enhancing the system's responsiveness without sacrificing user control over the defined geographic areas and notification rules.
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AI summary
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system manage notification settings on a user device within premises. The method includes determining a notification rule to be enforced on the premises for the notification settings to be set on the user device while within the premises. The method includes determining a location and a defined surrounding within the premises for managing the notification settings on the user device, the notification rule being based on the defined surrounding. The method includes determining a user device location of the user device within the premises. The method includes determining whether the user device location is within the defined surrounding. The method includes, as a result of the user device location being within the defined surrounding, transmitting instructions indicative of the notification rule to the user device to set the notification settings on the user device based on the notification rule.