Presence Information Audio Mapping via Terminal Control
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional presence services on mobile devices provide information in a simple text-based format, lacking intuitive and engaging ways for users to perceive the presence state of other users, such as location, mood, or availability.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes a terminal device with a communication unit, output unit, and control unit to receive and display presence information and audio data associated with user profiles, allowing users to select from a user list and receive audio cues, such as music, that reflect the presence state of other users, through a service device that maps presence information to audio data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If presence information is provided in simple text format, then the service is easy to implement and understand, but the user experience lacks intuitiveness and engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces text-based information delivery with audio-based presence information. The terminal device receives presence information in text form but converts and outputs it as audio data through a speaker, substituting visual/mechanical text processing with acoustic output to enhance user experience while maintaining implementation simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the output parameter of presence information from visual text to audio signal. The control unit determines whether to output presence information as audio data based on user selection or default settings, transforming the information delivery mode from static text to dynamic audio output
2Ease of manufacture
If audio data is added to presence information, then the intuitiveness and engagement improve, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the terminal device multi-functional by enabling it to both display text-based presence information and output audio-based presence information. The control unit manages multiple output modes (text display and audio playback) within the existing terminal device framework, avoiding the need for separate dedicated hardware
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit acts as an intermediary between the communication unit (receiving text presence information) and the output unit (speaker). It processes the received presence information and determines whether to convert it to audio output or display as text, managing the complexity through centralized control logic
3Device complexity
If conventional text-based presence service is used, then the system is simple, but the information delivery is not intuitive or engaging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes audio output for text display in presence information delivery. The terminal device receives presence information and can output it as audio data through the speaker, replacing the conventional visual text-only delivery mechanism with acoustic output to enhance information intuitiveness
Data Source
AI summary
This invention relates to a system, device, and method for providing presence information using audio data. This invention provides a terminal device that displays a user list when predetermined input information is detected, receives, from a service device, presence information and audio information associated with the presence information of other user selected from the displayed user list, and controls an output unit, when the received presence information and audio information are displayed through the output unit, to implement audio data contained in the audio information. Accordingly, this invention can provide the users with the presence information intuitively by using audio data, and the users can gain a new user experience (UX), wherein the users can intuitively perceive the presence information via audio instead of text, that may boost the use of application for providing service exploiting the presence information.