Security Notification Suppression via Temporary Timer and Proximity Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Home security devices often generate unwanted notifications when occupants are present, leading to nuisance alerts and the risk of forgetting to re-enable monitoring after temporarily disabling notifications.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to temporarily suppress security event notifications for a selectable duration using a client device, automatically disabling notifications when the user is detected nearby and reinstating them after the suppression period ends, without requiring manual reactivation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security devices send notifications for all detected events, then security monitoring reliability is improved, but user annoyance increases due to unwanted notifications during expected activities
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows users to pre-configure suppression periods in advance for expected activities such as lawn mowing, pool cleaning, or mail delivery. When these predetermined time windows are active, the security device automatically suppresses notifications, preventing user annoyance before it occurs while maintaining monitoring coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification suppression system dynamically adjusts its behavior based on user-defined parameters and detected conditions. The suppression status can be temporarily activated or deactivated, allowing the system to adapt between full notification mode and suppressed mode according to user needs and current situational context.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If users manually disable notifications for expected activities, then user annoyance is reduced, but the risk of forgetting to re-enable monitoring increases
Solution Approach 1:
Users pre-define suppression periods in advance for routine activities. The system automatically activates suppression during these predetermined windows and automatically reinstates notifications afterward, eliminating the need for manual re-enablement and ensuring monitoring continuity without user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automatic suppression and automatic reinstatement of notifications without requiring user action. The security device manages the entire suppression lifecycle autonomously based on pre-configured parameters, freeing users from the burden of remembering to re-enable monitoring.
3Reliability
If security devices continuously monitor for events, then detection capability is maintained, but user convenience deteriorates due to frequent notifications during routine activities
Solution Approach 1:
Users configure suppression periods in advance for known routine activities. The system automatically applies suppression during these windows, maintaining detection capability while filtering out expected events that would otherwise generate inconvenient notifications during times like lawn mowing or mail delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically switches between full notification mode and suppressed mode based on the active suppression status. This allows continuous monitoring to occur in both modes, but notifications are selectively suppressed during predetermined periods to improve user convenience without compromising detection capability.
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AI summary
Temporarily suppressing and/or disabling notifications to a client device of events detected by a security device monitoring an environment. The notifications may be disabled and/or suppressed based upon a request from a user of the client device, or when the client device is nearby the security device. The user may request that notifications are suppressed for a definable suppression duration, wherein a timer is started to run for the suppression duration, and notifications are suppressed while the timer is running. When the client device is nearby the security device, suppression of the notifications for other users may be defined by a user-configurable table. A notification from a security device may include a suppress button to suppress notifications from that security device for a suppression period.