Notification Routing via Wearable Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices and wearable devices face challenges in effectively managing notifications, particularly in determining when a user is likely to check them, minimizing interruptions, and optimizing notification delivery based on device usage and battery charge levels.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a transceiver and processor that communicates with wearable devices to determine if they are being worn, and adjusts notification delivery accordingly, ensuring notifications are provided to devices in use while avoiding interruptions and conserving battery power.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notifications are provided to all devices regardless of usage state, then notification delivery coverage is improved, but user interruption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system dynamically determines the target device based on real-time usage states of multiple devices. The processor monitors whether each device is currently being used and adjusts notification routing accordingly, switching between static (always notify all devices) and dynamic (notify only available device) modes based on device state
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring device usage states and using this information to control notification delivery. The processor receives usage state information from devices and adjusts notification routing decisions based on this feedback, ensuring notifications are sent only when appropriate
2Reliability
If notifications are provided when wearable device is not being worn, then notification delivery is improved, but notification check probability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification delivery target is dynamically adjusted based on the wearing state of the wearable device. When the wearable device is detected as being worn, it becomes the primary notification target; when not worn, notifications are redirected to alternative devices such as smartphones, ensuring both delivery reliability and user accessibility
3Reliability
If notifications are provided without considering battery charge capacity, then notification delivery is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification routing decision is dynamically adjusted based on battery charge capacity levels. When a device has sufficient battery charge, it is selected as the notification target; when battery charge is low, the system redirects notifications to devices with adequate power, preventing energy depletion while maintaining notification delivery
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the selection parameter for notification routing from static device availability to dynamic battery charge capacity consideration. By monitoring battery charge levels as a key parameter, the system optimizes energy distribution across devices while ensuring notifications are delivered to powered devices
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AI summary
An electronic including a transceiver configured to receive, from at least one wearable device, information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether the at least one wearable device that is being worn, based on the received information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn, and to provide a notification to the at least one wearable device in response to determining that the at least one wearable device is being worn.