Periodic Notification System for Unchecked Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information distribution systems often fail to effectively notify users of newly arrived content, leading to missed notifications and reduced user engagement.
Innovation Solution
A computer-readable storage medium with an information processing program that operates as a receiving section, first notification section, second notification section, and presentation target information display section, ensuring users are urged to check new content through periodic reminders and display modes that impede other processing until acknowledged.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notification is sent immediately when new content arrives, then user engagement is improved, but users may miss the notification if they are not attentive or if multiple notifications are sent without effective reminders
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic reminders at multiple time points (first reminder after a set period, second reminder after another set period) to ensure users see the notification. This periodic action pattern increases notification reliability by multiple contact points rather than relying on a single immediate notification.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system tracks whether the user has viewed the notification and adjusts subsequent reminders accordingly. The system provides feedback by checking notification view status and modifying the reminder strategy based on this feedback, ensuring users who haven't viewed the initial notification receive targeted follow-up reminders.
2Reliability
If multiple notifications are sent to ensure user awareness, then notification reliability is improved, but user experience deteriorates due to excessive interruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The system monitors whether notifications have been viewed and adjusts subsequent reminder behavior based on this feedback. If the notification has been viewed, no further reminders are sent. This feedback mechanism ensures multiple notifications are sent only when necessary, maintaining user experience while ensuring delivery reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
Notifications are sent at specific periodic intervals rather than continuously. The system establishes a first reminder period after initial notification, and a second reminder period if needed, creating a structured periodic action that balances notification reliability with user experience by avoiding excessive interruptions.
3Reliability
If the notification display impedes other processing, then user attention is captured, but system productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification display impedes other processing only during specific periodic reminder periods rather than continuously. The system allows normal processing to resume after the reminder period, creating a time-limited interruption that captures user attention while minimizing impact on overall system productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
After presentation target information for presenting information of a predetermined content to a user has been newly received from a predetermined server, a first notification that urges the user to check the newly-arrived presentation target information is displayed. Thereafter, while the presentation target information has not yet been checked, a second notification that urges the user to check the unchecked presentation target information is displayed periodically or according to a predetermined time schedule. The presentation target information is displayed when an operation to check the presentation target information is performed to the first notification or the second notification has been performed.