RTC Server Alerting Media Devices for Missed Calls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users, especially elderly people and children, often miss urgent phone calls or messages when they are preoccupied with media devices, necessitating a system to immediately notify them of missed communications.
Innovation Solution
A real-time communication (RTC) server system that registers media devices and client devices, creating channels for alert notifications. When a user attempts to initiate contact but fails, the RTC server receives a failed communication alert and transmits a notification to the media device, which displays the alert on its connected display, ensuring the user is informed of the missed communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If users are preoccupied with media devices, then media consumption is improved, but communication notification is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a new notification dimension by displaying alerts on the media device screen rather than relying solely on traditional communication devices. When a user is watching video content, the system overlays notification icons directly on the media playback interface, allowing communication alerts to be delivered in a different dimensional space (the media device display) without interrupting the primary media consumption activity.
Solution Approach 2:
The media device acts as an intermediary between the communication system and the user. Instead of directly notifying the user through their communication device (which they may have ignored or missed), the system uses the media device as an intermediate notification channel that the user is already engaged with, thereby improving notification delivery reliability while the user remains preoccupied with media content.
2Ease of operation
If traditional communication devices are used, then communication function is maintained, but notification effectiveness is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the media device multi-functional by enabling it to serve both its primary media consumption function and a secondary notification function. The media device becomes a universal platform that can display both video content and communication alerts simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate dedicated notification devices and improving overall notification effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges the notification function with the media device by integrating alert display capabilities into the existing media playback interface. Communication notifications are combined with video content display, allowing both functions to coexist on the same device without requiring separate communication hardware, thereby reducing information loss through missed notifications.
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AI summary
A server device for use with a first and second user, a first and second client device respectively, a media device, the first client device configured to communicate with the second client device, one of the first or second client devices being configured to transmit an alert based on a failed attempt to initiate communication between the first client device and the second client device, the media device being configured to provide media to the user, the server device including: a memory; and a processor which executes instructions stored on the memory to cause the server device to: create a channel for the media device; associate, with the channel, one of the first or second client device; receive the alert; identify the media device based on the alert; and transmit a notification instruction to the media device to instruct the media device to provide a notification to the second user.