Predictive Device Connection for Mobile Terminals

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing techniques for connecting devices to mobile terminals lack predictability and efficiency, as they rely on manual user intervention and do not anticipate device connection needs based on events or environmental changes.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that predicts device connection needs to a mobile terminal and transmits instruction information via a network, enabling the user to connect devices proactively based on predicted events or environmental conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the server starts a service using device connection as a trigger, then the service execution is accurate, but the device connection cannot be predicted and requires manual intervention

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice execution accuracyVSAvoidmanual intervention requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by predicting device connection needs before the actual connection occurs. The prediction unit analyzes event information and user behavior patterns to anticipate which devices the user will connect, sending notification information in advance so the server can prepare services proactively rather than waiting for manual connection triggers

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically predicting device connections and generating notifications without requiring manual user input. The prediction unit and notification unit work autonomously to identify connection needs and communicate them to the server, reducing the burden of manual service triggering while maintaining accurate service execution

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If the system waits for actual device connection to trigger services, then service accuracy is maintained, but user experience and efficiency are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice triggering accuracyVSAvoiddevice connection efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary prediction of device connections based on event information and historical data before the actual connection occurs. This allows the server to prepare and pre-load necessary services in advance, maintaining accuracy while significantly improving response efficiency and user experience when the device is actually connected

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If manual device connection is required, then connection accuracy is ensured, but time consumption and user burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection timing accuracyVSAvoiddevice connection time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary prediction of device connection timing by analyzing event information and user behavior patterns. Notification information is sent in advance with predicted connection timing, allowing users to prepare for connections at the right moment rather than manually checking or waiting, thus maintaining timing accuracy while reducing overall time consumption and user burden

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9509950B2Information processing system, information processing method, information processing apparatus, and control method and control program of information processing apparatus
Publication Date: 2016.11.29 NEC CORP
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AI summary

An apparatus of this invention is directed to an information processing apparatus that predicts the necessity of device connection to a mobile terminal and instructs a user to perform the predicted device connection. The information processing apparatus includes a device connection predictor that predicts device connection to the mobile terminal, and a device connection instruction information transmitter that transmits via a network, to the mobile terminal carried by the user, device connection instruction information for instructing the user to perform the device connection predicted by the device connection predictor.