Notification System Using Sensor Data and Ad Venues
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for providing personal reminders and notifications are often unreliable, as they rely on memory or rudimentary tools like notes and calendars, and may not effectively trigger notifications based on specific events or sensor data, such as location or spending habits, impacting their effectiveness in managing daily tasks and retirement planning.
Innovation Solution
A notification system that allows users to configure reminders based on time, sensor data, and computer-generated or real-world data, using existing advertisement venues to present notifications through various devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs, leveraging GPS, health sensors, and spending data to automate self-policing of personal conduct.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users rely on memory or rudimentary tools like notes and calendars for reminders, then the system is simple to use, but the reliability of notifications deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a notification system that acts as an intermediary between users and their computing devices. This system uses sensors, data sources, and automated triggers to generate and deliver notifications, replacing the need for users to manually manage complex reminder systems while significantly improving notification reliability through automated event-based triggering.
2Reliability
If the notification system uses multiple data sources and sensors to trigger notifications, then the reliability and relevance of notifications improve, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system is designed as a universal platform that can integrate multiple data sources (calendars, to-do lists, sensors, third-party services) and deliver notifications through various channels (push notifications, emails, SMS). This multi-functional architecture allows a single system to handle diverse notification needs without requiring separate specialized systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system acts as an intermediary layer between multiple data sources and the user, consolidating complex integration logic within the notification service itself. This allows individual components (sensors, data sources, delivery channels) to remain relatively simple while the intermediary handles the complexity of coordinating them.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system integrates third-party services and multiple data sources, then the versatility and usefulness of notifications improve, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system enables users to configure their own notification preferences, triggers, and delivery methods through intuitive interfaces. Users can independently manage their notification settings, select which data sources to integrate, and customize trigger conditions without requiring technical assistance, thereby maintaining ease of operation while achieving high versatility.
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes at least one hardware processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed, cause the hardware processor to perform operations including identifying a notification trigger configured by a user of a target computing device, the notification trigger including at least one trigger condition and notification content, the trigger condition references a value from a trigger data source and includes a condition based on the value, the notification content includes content provided by the user, receiving the value from the trigger data source, determining, based on the value, that the at least one trigger condition is satisfied, and presenting the notification content to the user on a target computing device associated with the user, the notification content is presented in a target content venue configured to present third-party advertisements to the user.