Task-Linked Data Input Templates for Faster Mobile Reporting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in efficiently managing and linking different tasks, such as correction requests and improvement reports, particularly in environments where users input data using smartphones, leading to usability issues and difficulties in identifying and associating related tasks.
Innovation Solution
A data management system that associates multiple tasks with each other, providing terminal devices with input items corresponding to selected tasks, allowing users to input data that is then managed and linked by an information processing system, which also facilitates the display of tasks based on location information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a document with predetermined input items is distributed from a server to user terminals for recording on-site information, then data collection capability is improved, but usability deteriorates due to difficulty in identifying and selecting relevant tasks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the template into multiple task sections, each with specific input items. The terminal device displays a list of tasks derived from the template, allowing users to select and complete specific tasks individually. This segmentation makes it easier for users to identify and select relevant tasks while maintaining comprehensive data collection capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple tasks are included in a single template distributed to terminal devices, then task management capability is improved, but device complexity increases making it difficult to select relevant tasks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a new dimension of task selection by displaying a list of tasks derived from the template on the terminal device. This allows users to navigate and select specific tasks within the multi-task template, transforming the complex single-template structure into a manageable multi-level interface that maintains versatility while reducing selection complexity.
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AI summary
A data management system, a terminal device, a data input method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The data management system includes one or more terminal devices and an information processing system. The information processing system stores in one or more memories, a template associated with a plurality of tasks including at least a request task and a reporting task, the template having one or more input items set for each task and transmits the template to the one or more terminal devices. Each of the one or more terminal devices displays on a display, the plurality of tasks associated with the template, receives a selection of a task from the plurality of tasks displayed on the display, and displays on the display, the input items associated with the selected task based on the template.