Push Notification Audio Alerts for Event Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic monitoring systems require users to open dedicated applications to access information about triggering events, leading to delays and inefficiencies, especially in critical situations, and users may be disinclined to check notifications if they involve opening an application.
Innovation Solution
An electronic monitoring system that uses imaging devices to detect motion and sound, sending customized push notifications with audio alerts to user devices without the need to execute a dedicated application, categorizing events at genus and species levels to provide immediate and relevant information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users open a dedicated application program to access information about triggering events, then detailed information about the event can be obtained, but delay and inefficiency occur especially in critical situations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential event information from the dedicated application and presents it directly in the push notification. The notification includes key details such as event type, location, and timestamp without requiring users to navigate to the full application, thus providing necessary information immediately while eliminating navigation delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The information is segmented into two parts: critical event details delivered immediately via push notification, and comprehensive information available in the dedicated application. This segmentation allows users to receive essential information instantly while having access to full details when needed, resolving the contradiction between immediate information access and complete information availability.
2Loss of information
If users must open a dedicated application to check notifications, then comprehensive event details are available, but user engagement decreases as users are disinclined to check their device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the most relevant event information and presents it directly in the push notification interface. Users can view event type, location, and key details without opening the dedicated application, making the notification itself sufficient for many use cases and thereby increasing user engagement while maintaining information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The push notification serves as an intermediary between the monitoring system and the user. It provides a simplified interface that delivers essential information without requiring users to engage with the full dedicated application, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining access to event details through the notification itself or optional app access.
3Device complexity
If a standard push notification is sent without customization, then the system is simple to implement, but the notification does not provide relevant details about the triggering event
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing different aspects of the push notification based on the specific triggering event. The notification content, audio alerts, and visual elements are tailored to the type of event detected (e.g., motion, sound, specific zone intrusion), providing relevant details for each event type while maintaining a unified notification system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters of the push notification based on the triggering event characteristics. Different event types trigger notifications with varying content, priority levels, audio alerts, and visual presentations. This parameter customization provides event-specific relevance while using a single notification infrastructure, balancing complexity and information relevance.
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AI summary
An electronic monitoring system has one or more imaging devices that can detect a triggering event based on motion and/or sound and that concurrently provide a push notification to a user device with a custom audio alert indicative of the one or more triggering events for quickly identifying the triggering without requiring the remote device to execute a dedicated application program. The custom audio alert portion of the push notification may provide various details of the triggering event, categorized as either a genus level triggering event and/or a species level triggering event, i.e., a subset of the genus level triggering event. The push notification can operate as a custom audio alert and a pop-up message which can be pushed to the device and broadcast or displayed via an operating system of the device.