Smartwatch Notification Prioritization for Limited Display Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices, such as wristwatches, struggle to effectively display notifications from smartphones due to limited display space and the inability to prioritize notifications based on user context and activity, often missing important notifications amidst a flood of incoming messages.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device, such as a wristwatch, determines notification priorities using user information related to situation and action history, employing category and individual priorities to selectively display the most relevant notifications on its display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the latest notification is displayed on the display, then the notification is displayed in real-time, but important notifications may be missed amidst a flood of incoming messages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments notifications into different priority levels (first priority and second priority) based on user information and action history. This segmentation allows the system to distinguish important notifications from less important ones, ensuring that critical information is not lost amidst a flood of notifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by displaying different types of notifications in different locations on the display. High-priority notifications are displayed in a first notification area, while lower-priority notifications are displayed in a second notification area. This spatial differentiation ensures that important notifications receive prominent visibility.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple notifications are displayed on the limited display space, then more information is provided, but the display becomes cluttered and important notifications are less visible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the limited display space into multiple notification areas (first notification area and second notification area) based on notification priority. This segmentation allows multiple notifications to be displayed simultaneously without cluttering the entire display, as each notification is placed in an appropriate designated area.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display are assigned different functions based on notification priority. The first notification area is dedicated to high-priority notifications with prominent visibility, while the second notification area handles lower-priority notifications. This local quality differentiation optimizes the use of limited display space while maintaining visibility of important information.
3Ease of operation
If all notifications are displayed with equal priority, then simplicity is maintained, but user context and action history cannot be utilized to enhance notification relevance
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by determining notification priorities in advance based on user information and action history before displaying notifications. This pre-processing allows the display system to automatically organize notifications by priority without requiring real-time user intervention, maintaining simplicity while enabling adaptive prioritization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms by utilizing user information and action history to dynamically adjust notification priorities. The system learns from user behavior patterns and provides feedback by displaying more relevant notifications higher in the priority queue, thereby adapting to individual user needs while maintaining an otherwise simple display interface.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes a display, a communicator that communicates with an external communication device, and at least one processor. The processor determines a notification that is to be displayed on the display from among notifications received by the communicator from the external communication device based on a priority of each of the notifications, the priority being determined based on user information related to a situation and/or an action history of a user of the electronic device, and displays the determined notification on the display.