Notification Summarization and Bulk Processing for Usable Information Systems

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems that send numerous notifications to users can reduce usability due to the time-consuming task of checking and processing these notifications individually.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a processor to acquire and summarize notifications based on user input, allowing bulk processing and display of summaries, utilizing a large language model to generate summaries of notifications and enabling bulk marking, deletion, or reading of notifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If numerous notifications are sent to users, then information delivery is improved, but usability deteriorates due to time-consuming individual checking

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification deliveryVSAvoidusability

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple individual notifications into a single consolidated summary notification. The notification management device aggregates notifications from multiple sources and time periods, presenting them as one unified message that contains essential information from all original notifications, thereby reducing the number of individual notifications users must check while preserving information delivery

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts key information from multiple notifications and presents only the essential content in a summarized form. The notification management device identifies and extracts important elements from each notification, combining them into a concise summary that captures the core information without requiring users to review each full notification individually

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Loss of information

If numerous notifications are sent to users, then information delivery is improved, but time consumption increases for checking and processing

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification deliveryVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple individual notifications into a single consolidated summary notification. The notification management device aggregates notifications from multiple sources and time periods, presenting them as one unified message that contains essential information from all original notifications, thereby reducing the number of individual notifications users must check while preserving information delivery

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary summarization and consolidation of notifications before they reach the user. The notification management device proactively aggregates and summarizes notifications in advance, so that when the user receives the notification, it is already organized and condensed, eliminating the need for the user to spend time individually reviewing each notification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If individual notification processing is implemented, then notification accuracy is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to manual processing requirements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification accuracyVSAvoidprocessing efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple individual notifications into a single consolidated summary notification. The notification management device aggregates notifications from multiple sources and time periods, presenting them as one unified message that contains essential information from all original notifications, thereby reducing the number of individual notifications users must check while preserving information delivery

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements automated notification summarization and management without requiring manual user intervention. The notification management device automatically aggregates, summarizes, and organizes notifications, performing the processing work itself rather than requiring users to manually review and manage each notification individually

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP4715706A1Information processing system, information processing method, and program

Publication Date: 2026.03.25 RAKUTEN GROUP INC

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AI summary

An information processing system includes at least one memory configured to store a program and at least one processor configured to execute a process based on the program. The at least one processor is configured to execute acquiring notifications to be summarized in response to an instruction from a user, acquiring a summary of the notifications, displaying the summary of the notifications, and processing, after displaying the summary of the notifications, the notifications in bulk in response to an instruction from the user.