Notification Profile Automation via Calendar Scheduling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of portable devices often forget to manually change notification profiles in response to changing environments, leading to disruptions or missed notifications, as current methods require manual navigation through complex settings.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a scheduling tool to associate notification profiles with calendared events, automatically changing the device's notification settings based on scheduled events, such as switching from ring to vibrate during a meeting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual notification profile changes are implemented, then users can control device settings, but users often forget to change profiles leading to disruptions or missed notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically changing notification profiles based on calendar events before the user needs to manually intervene. The calendar application detects scheduled events and proactively adjusts device notification settings, eliminating the need for users to remember manual changes while maintaining reliable notification delivery.
2Ease of operation
If automated notification profile changes are implemented, then user burden is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The calendar application performs multiple functions: it manages scheduled events, detects environmental contexts from event types, and controls device notification profiles. By making the calendar application universal and multi-functional, the system avoids adding separate dedicated hardware or software components, thus reducing overall device complexity while providing automated notification management.
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AI summary
A system and method of enhancing a profile of a portable device. The system and method includes defining an event type in a scheduling tool and scheduling a time to initiate the event type. The system and method further includes associating a notification profile of a device with the defined event type and changing a setting of the device to the notification profile in response to the scheduling time and the defined event type.