Context-Aware Mobile Communication Rules via RFID Tag Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile communication device tracking systems invade user privacy by monitoring specific locations, whereas tracking contexts or environments would be less objectionable and allow users to set communication rules based on their surroundings.
Innovation Solution
A system using RFID tags with unique codes that identify contexts, allowing users to set communication rules for their mobile devices based on recognized environments without revealing their actual location, using a radio frequency identification (RFID) scanner embedded in the device to read these tags and apply corresponding rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the actual location of the mobile communication device is tracked, then the location information is accurate and specific, but user privacy is invaded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary contextual information (environment type, communication accessibility) from the complete location data. Instead of tracking and storing precise location coordinates, the system identifies and tracks only the context category (e.g., restricted area, inconvenient area, impaired ability area, full access area), thereby achieving communication control without invasive location monitoring
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces context categories as an intermediary layer between the mobile device and the tracking system. Rather than directly monitoring and storing precise location data, the system uses context identification as a mediator that translates location information into generalized environment categories, protecting user privacy while maintaining communication control capabilities
2Ease of operation
If communication rules are established based on specific location tracking, then communication control is precise, but user objection increases due to privacy concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter basis for communication control from precise location coordinates to generalized context categories. By transforming the control parameter from specific geographic information to abstract environment types (restricted, inconvenient, impaired ability, full access areas), the system maintains communication rule effectiveness while reducing user privacy concerns and objections
3Object-affected harmful factors
If context information is tracked instead of specific location, then privacy is protected, but location precision is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments location information into distinct context categories (restricted area, inconvenient area, impaired ability area, full access area) rather than tracking continuous precise coordinates. This segmentation approach protects privacy by eliminating specific location data while maintaining sufficient information for communication control decisions based on environment type
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach allows users to control communication accessibility based on context, enhancing privacy by not tracking specific locations, providing accurate context-based communication filtering, and offering users control over their communication settings in different environments.
Implementation Method 1
using a radio frequency identification (RFID) scanner embedded in the device to read these tags
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method recognize a context or environment, within which a mobile communication device is resides, without necessarily knowing the actual location of the mobile communication device. The system and method establish one or more communication rules for the mobile communication device based upon the recognized context.