Radio Terminal Group Call Message Automation

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Solution Overview

Problem

In group calls within radio communication networks, non-participating terminals often receive inconsistent messages or miss important information due to the need for manual handling of messages via email or SMS, leading to user confusion and potential missed communications.

Innovation Solution

A radio communication terminal and server system that automatically identifies non-participating members and transmits messages to them, using an acquisition unit to gather information and a transmitter to set destinations based on this information, ensuring consistent message delivery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually transmit messages to non-participating terminals using email or SMS applications, then messages can be delivered to non-participants, but users must perform multiple operations including remembering non-participants, manually setting destinations, and searching addresses, which increases operation complexity and time consumption

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage transmission operationVSAvoidtime for manual operations
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically identifying non-participating terminals and pre-setting their destination information before the user needs to send messages. The server maintains a list of non-participants and their contact information, so when a participant wants to message a non-participant, the destination is already prepared and ready for transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically managing the entire message transmission process to non-participating terminals. The server autonomously identifies which terminals are non-participants, retrieves their contact information, and handles message delivery without requiring user intervention in address lookup or destination setting.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If users manually set destinations and search for addresses to transmit messages to non-participating terminals, then messages can be sent, but users may forget to include some non-participants or transmit wrong information, reducing message delivery accuracy

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage delivery accuracyVSAvoidmanual destination setting
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by automatically providing accurate destination information to users. When a participant initiates a message to a non-participant, the server retrieves and returns the correct contact information, ensuring the message is delivered to the intended recipient. This feedback mechanism eliminates errors from manual address entry.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The server acts as an intermediary between participating terminals and non-participating terminals. It maintains accurate contact information for non-participants and mediates the message transmission process, ensuring messages reach the correct destinations without requiring users to manually manage address books or contact information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If multiple participating terminals independently transmit messages to the same non-participating terminal, then each user can share their perspective, but the non-participating terminal receives multiple inconsistent messages about the same group call, causing confusion

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation consistencyVSAvoidmessage management system
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges multiple messages from different participants into a single consolidated message delivered to non-participating terminals. The server collects messages from multiple participants, combines their content in a structured format, and delivers one unified message, preventing information inconsistency and reducing confusion for non-participants.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS9402165B2Radio communication terminal and server
Publication Date: 2016.07.26 KYOCERA CORP
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AI summary

A radio communication terminal according to the present invention is capable of performing group call by specifying multiple members. The radio communication terminal includes: a generator configured to generate a message during the group call; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a non-participating member of the group call among the specified members of the group call; and a transmitter configured to specify a destination for the message generated by the generator, on the basis of the information on the non-participating member acquired by the acquisition unit, and to transmit the message to the non-participating member.