Notification Routing Based on Wearable Device Wearing State
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices and wearable devices face challenges in effectively providing notifications to users, particularly in scenarios where multiple devices are used together, leading to interruptions and inefficiencies in notification delivery.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and wearable device system that communicates to determine the wearing state of the wearable device and adjusts notification delivery based on the device's usage state, battery charge, and user interaction, ensuring notifications are provided in an appropriate form and timing to minimize interruptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notifications are provided through multiple electronic devices simultaneously, then the probability of user notification increases, but the number of interruptions to the user increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system dynamically selects which device provides the notification based on real-time wearing state detection. The processor determines whether the wearable device is being worn and adjusts notification routing accordingly, making the system adaptive rather than static to resolve the contradiction between reliable notification delivery and minimizing user interruption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of notification delivery location based on the detected wearing state. When the wearable device is detected as being worn, notifications are routed to the wearable device; when not worn, notifications are routed to the electronic device. This parameter change resolves the contradiction by ensuring notifications are delivered reliably to the device the user is actually using.
2Speed
If notifications are provided immediately upon receipt, then the responsiveness of the system increases, but the likelihood of interrupting the user increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by detecting the wearing state in advance before providing the notification. The processor determines whether the wearable device is being worn prior to routing the notification, ensuring that notifications are delivered at the right time to the appropriate device, thus maintaining responsiveness while avoiding unnecessary interruptions.
3Measurement precision
If the system monitors wearing state continuously, then the accuracy of notification routing increases, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses periodic action by having the wearable device transmit wearing state information at scheduled intervals rather than continuously monitoring. The electronic device obtains wearing state information periodically and routes notifications based on the most recent state data, achieving accurate notification routing while reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring.
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: 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.