Sender-Controlled Contact Media for Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile devices lack personalized and efficient methods for managing contact-related content, such as ring tones and videos, which become stale without significant user effort, and require multiple interactions to be played during contact events.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of sender-controlled contact media content (SCCMC) systems that allow users to create and send custom content, including videos and audio, which can be automatically played on recipient devices during calls or texts, using both voice and data layer transmission mediums, and can be displayed on the lock screen, home screen, or active screens of mobile devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users create custom contact media content, then personalization and user engagement are improved, but the system complexity and effort required to manage updates increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a contact media content management system that acts as an intermediary between users and the contact function. This system automatically manages the creation, storage, and delivery of personalized media content (videos, audio, images) associated with contact events, eliminating the need for users to manually manage each piece of content while still providing rich personalization options.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automatic playback of contact media content based on predefined triggers and user preferences. Once users set up their preferences and content library, the system autonomously selects and plays appropriate media during contact events without requiring ongoing user intervention or manual management of each interaction.
2Ease of operation
If multiple interactions are required to play contact content, then user control is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a system where users pre-configure their contact media content preferences, content library, and playback rules in advance. During actual contact events, the system automatically executes the predetermined settings, providing both ease of operation during the interaction and maintaining user control through the initial configuration phase.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that allow users to review and adjust their contact media content preferences based on actual playback experiences. This ensures that user control is maintained while the system becomes increasingly optimized for automatic operation, reducing the need for multiple manual interactions over time.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If contact media content is not automatically managed, then system simplicity is improved, but content freshness and engagement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent describes a system that continuously manages contact media content by automatically detecting new contacts, retrieving or creating appropriate media content, and updating the content library. This continuous automatic management ensures content remains fresh and relevant without requiring periodic manual user intervention, maintaining both content freshness and system simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided herein are methods and systems for a sender-controlled contact media content type that can be sent among mobile devices, including addressing the contacts systems and methods of such devices to provide rich interactions among users upon the occurrence of contact events.