Automatic User Schedule Management via Service Provider Reservation Messages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing a user's schedule on a portable terminal device, such as a PDA or mobile phone, is inconvenient when it requires manual input and separate management of scheduling and broadcasting program information, especially with numerous channels, and updating the schedule when changes occur.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that automatically updates a user's schedule by receiving reservation messages from service providers, integrating schedule changes, and providing a broadcasting program list that aligns with the user's schedule, allowing for automatic or user-initiated updates without manual input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual input method is used to manage user schedule, then user can control schedule information, but user input burden increases and convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically receives reservation messages from service providers and updates the user schedule without requiring manual user input. The terminal apparatus self-updates the schedule by extracting information from incoming reservation messages, thereby eliminating the need for users to manually enter schedule changes while maintaining accurate schedule information.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate management of schedule and broadcasting program information is implemented, then each information type can be managed independently, but integration and synchronization become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges schedule management and broadcasting program information management into a unified system. By receiving reservation messages that contain both schedule information and broadcasting program information, and processing them together through a single update mechanism, the system achieves synchronized management of both information types, reducing the complexity of separate management while maintaining adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If automatic update function is implemented, then user input burden is reduced, but system complexity and automation requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automatic update functionality by receiving reservation messages from service providers as feedback input. When a reservation message is received, the system automatically extracts schedule information and broadcasting program information, updates the user schedule and program list accordingly, and provides the updated information to the user without requiring manual intervention, thus achieving convenient automatic updates.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for managing a user schedule, the method including: receiving a reservation message from a service provider with which a service reservation by a user is registered; updating the user schedule by adding an entry to the user schedule according to information included in the reservation message; and providing the updated schedule of the user. According to the apparatus and method, the user can conveniently manage the schedule even when the user schedule information is not input manually.