Smart Alarm Engine for Proactive Event Updates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mobile communication devices lack an efficient system to provide real-time personalized content and updates that impact events, such as appointment reminders, by integrating user behavior, location, traffic, and weather conditions, requiring users to manually manage multiple applications and guess the impact of related events.

Innovation Solution

A real-time system integrated into mobile devices that uses a smart engine to aggregate services information, analyze its impact on scheduled events, and provide proactive notifications through a graphical user interface, automatically updating calendars and alarms without the need for server validation, leveraging user behavior and historical data to suggest actions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If a real-time system integrates multiple services information (user behavior, location, traffic, weather) to provide personalized content, then the relevance and timeliness of event updates improve, but the system complexity and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompleteness of event impact informationVSAvoidsystem integration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex information processing by dividing it into distinct modules: an alarm manager module that discovers personal information, a communication module that obtains services information, and a graphical user interface module that presents personalized content. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific data types and processing tasks independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive event impact analysis.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an alarm manager module as an intermediary component that bridges personal information discovery and services information acquisition. This intermediary orchestrates the integration of multiple data sources (location, traffic, weather, user behavior) and coordinates their synthesis into personalized event updates, simplifying the complex interactions between multiple information streams.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If the system automatically updates calendar information and provides proactive notifications, then user convenience and time management improve, but the extent of automation increases system resource consumption

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomatic event managementVSAvoiddevice energy consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements periodic action by scheduling automatic calendar updates and proactive notifications at specific intervals and trigger points rather than continuously monitoring all data streams. The alarm manager module periodically discovers personal information and obtains services information based on scheduled events, reducing energy consumption while maintaining automatic event management capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service through automatic calendar updates and proactive notifications that require no manual user intervention. The alarm manager module automatically discovers personal information, the communication module automatically obtains services information, and the graphical user interface automatically presents personalized content, allowing the system to manage events autonomously while conserving user time and device resources through efficient automation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If the system provides detailed personalized content with multiple service information sources, then the quality of event recommendations improves, but the quantity of information to be processed and displayed increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of event impact assessmentVSAvoidvolume of information processed

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by tailoring the type and detail of services information obtained to each specific event and user context. The alarm manager module discovers personal information relevant to individual events, and the communication module obtains services information selectively based on the event type, location, and user preferences. This ensures high accuracy of event impact assessment while avoiding processing unnecessary information for each specific context.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements partial action by obtaining and processing only the specific services information needed for each event rather than all possible data sources. The graphical user interface presents personalized content with focused information relevant to the specific event impact, providing sufficient detail for accurate assessment without overwhelming the user with excessive information volume.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUSRE48278E1Smart alarm

Publication Date: 2020.10.20 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

Providing personalized content comprises discovering personal information using an electronic device. Services information related to the personal information is obtained using the electronic device. Personalized content is provided based on applying the services information to the personal information.