Sensor Data Filtering via Notification-Gated Message Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable and portable sensor devices generate a large quantity of information, but existing systems lack efficient methods to filter and prioritize this information for users, often overwhelming them with irrelevant data.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that utilize processing circuitry and memory circuitry with computer program code to obtain information from multiple sensor devices, using notifications to select and filter messages, providing only relevant information to users in real-time, potentially through audible outputs, and allowing users to confirm or adjust the frequency of information delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If information from multiple sensor devices is provided to the user, then the quantity of information increases, but the user becomes overwhelmed with irrelevant data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and separates relevant information from the total information stream by using notifications as a filtering mechanism. The system takes out only the most relevant messages based on notification context, user activity state, and gesture detection, discarding irrelevant information. This resolves the contradiction by providing sufficient information quantity while maintaining user digestibility through selective extraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the information flow into distinct channels: notifications provide contextual framing, while messages provide detailed information. By segmenting information delivery and using notifications to gatekeep message delivery, the system manages information quantity while preserving digestibility. Users receive segmented, organized information rather than an overwhelming continuous stream.
2Loss of information
If all information from sensor devices is delivered to the user, then information completeness improves, but information overload increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary filtering and selection of information before delivery to the user. Notifications are processed in advance to determine relevance, and only pre-selected messages are delivered based on this preliminary assessment. This preliminary action ensures information completeness for relevant topics while preventing overload by excluding irrelevant information before it reaches the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from notification responses, user gestures, and activity detection to dynamically adjust information delivery. When users respond to notifications or perform specific gestures, the system learns from this feedback to refine future information selection, maintaining completeness while avoiding overload through adaptive feedback-driven filtering.
3Loss of time
If information is provided in real-time, then timeliness improves, but information relevance decreases due to lack of filtering
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary organization and contextualization of information through notifications before real-time delivery. Messages are pre-filtered, prioritized, and contextualized based on notification content and user state, enabling rapid real-time delivery of only relevant information. This preliminary preparation maintains both timeliness and relevance simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
Notifications serve as an intermediary layer between raw sensor data and user delivery. This intermediary processes information in real-time, adding contextual meaning and filtering relevance before messages reach the user. The notification intermediary enables rapid real-time delivery while maintaining high relevance through contextual mediation.
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AI summary
An apparatus, method and computer program wherein the apparatus comprises: processing circuitry; and memory circuitry including computer program code; the memory circuitry and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least to perform; obtaining information from a plurality of sensor devices wherein a first type of information is obtained in notifications and a second type of information is obtained in messages; using information obtained in notifications to select which information obtained in messages is to be provided to a user; and enabling the selected information obtained in messages to be provided to a user.