Sender-Controlled Contact Media for Dynamic Caller ID
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile devices lack personalized and interactive contact management systems, requiring significant user effort to play custom content like ringtones and videos during contact events, and such content tends to become stale without regular updates.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a computer-to-computer interface with natural language processing and metadata matching to associate hash tags with messages, enabling sender-controlled contact media content to be played on recipient devices during contact events, such as calls or texts, using voice and data layer transmission mediums for coordinated playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If sender-controlled contact media content is implemented, then user engagement and personalization are improved, but device complexity and content management overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
A server acts as an intermediary between senders and recipients, managing the storage, delivery, and updates of contact media content. The server receives content from senders, associates it with recipient identifiers, and delivers it to recipients' devices, thereby offloading the complexity of content management from individual devices while enabling personalized media playback during contact events
2Stability of the object's composition
If dynamic content updates are enabled, then content freshness is improved, but system complexity and update management increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the server periodically checks for content updates associated with a recipient's identifier and automatically delivers updated contact media content to the recipient's device when changes are detected. This allows content to remain fresh and current without requiring the recipient to manually refresh or manage updates, as the server proactively pushes updates based on changes made by senders
Data Source
AI summary
A method may include receiving indication of initiation of a call from a sender to a recipient, determining an amount of time left in an offer from the sender to the recipient, generating a sender-controlled media (SCM) data structure by adapting a portion of the SCM data structure based on the amount of time left, and configuring caller ID for the call with a link to the generated SCM data structure. In another aspect, a method may include configuring visual caller ID for calls initiated by a user including a temporary item of visual content, and, upon receiving an indication of an initiation of a call, providing the temporary (and/or a permanent) item of visual content as visual caller ID based on a relationship between a current time and a time-limited use parameter of the temporary item of visual content.