Notification Recipient Selection via Potential Impacted Area
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing emergency notification systems broadcast warnings to large areas indiscriminately, often alerting individuals who are not affected, leading to inefficiency and annoyance.
Innovation Solution
A notification system that selectively notifies recipients based on their location, speed, direction, and behavior history, using a processor to determine a potential impacted area and send notifications only to those within the affected zone, thereby reducing unnecessary alerts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If emergency notification systems broadcast warnings to large areas indiscriminately, then the coverage area is increased, but the efficiency deteriorates and annoyance increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system segments the large coverage area into multiple smaller zones based on abnormal event locations and trajectories. Each zone is independently evaluated to determine which recipients should receive notifications, transforming a single broad broadcast into targeted regional notifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different notification strategies to different geographical locations based on local conditions. Recipients in areas with abnormal events receive notifications, while those in unaffected areas do not, creating local quality variations in notification delivery rather than uniform broadcasting.
2Area of stationary object
If emergency notification systems broadcast warnings to large areas indiscriminately, then the coverage area is increased, but the annoyance increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the notification delivery based on recipient location relative to abnormal events, the system eliminates unnecessary notifications to unaffected individuals, thereby reducing annoyance while maintaining comprehensive coverage potential.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses real-time location data and abnormal event information as feedback to dynamically determine notification delivery. This feedback mechanism ensures notifications are sent only when and where appropriate, preventing unnecessary annoyance to recipients.
3Measurement precision
If the notification system uses detailed selection criteria based on location, speed, direction and behavior history, then the notification precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system integrates multiple functions into a single platform: location tracking, abnormal event detection, recipient identification, and selective notification delivery. This multi-functionality achieves high notification precision without requiring separate specialized systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs an intermediary processing layer that receives raw data from multiple sources (location services, event detectors), processes this information through selection criteria, and generates notification decisions. This intermediary structure manages complexity by centralizing the decision-making logic.
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AI summary
A method performed by a notification system for selecting notification recipients that are to receive abnormal event information. The method comprises storing abnormal event information including at least one of an event identifier, location, speed, direction and road information in a memory of the notification system; determining, by a processor of the notification system, a latest potential impacted area (PIA) based on the abnormal event information; creatinga list of potential recipients within the latest PIA; selectingfrom the list of potential recipients a recipient to be notified according to a selection criterion specified in the memory, wherein the selection criterion is based on potential recipients information, including at least one of notification configuration, notification log, location, speed, direction and behavior history of the potential recipients; and sending, by a transmitter of the notification device, anabnormal event notification to the selected recipient.