Terminal Device Service Information Triggered by Setup Completion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to enhance user convenience by automatically providing service information upon completion of communication device settings, leading to user inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions that cause a terminal device to detect the completion of a communication device's settings and output relevant service information, improving user convenience by sending first service information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If service information is provided only through manual user action, then users can access information when needed, but user convenience deteriorates due to additional operational steps

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidsystem automation level
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal device automatically detects completion of communication device settings and proactively outputs service information without waiting for user initiation. This preliminary action eliminates the need for users to manually request information, directly improving ease of operation while the automation is achieved through detection mechanisms already present in the system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically detecting setting completion and providing service information autonomously. The terminal device monitors its own state and triggers information output based on detected conditions, eliminating the need for external user actions and thereby improving user convenience without requiring additional system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If service information is output automatically upon setting completion, then user convenience improves, but information may be displayed at inappropriate times worsening user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetimeliness of information provisionVSAvoidappropriateness of information timing
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses feedback from detecting setting completion status to determine when to output service information. By continuously monitoring the state of the communication device and responding to the specific feedback signal of setting completion, the system ensures information is provided at the appropriate moment rather than arbitrarily, maintaining both timeliness and appropriateness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The service information is prepared and output in advance of when the user might need it, specifically triggered by the detection of setting completion. This preliminary action ensures the information is available exactly when the user finishes setup, improving timeliness while the trigger-based mechanism ensures appropriateness by linking information delivery to a meaningful system state.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of time

If the terminal device monitors setting completion continuously, then service information can be provided promptly, but energy consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse time for information provisionVSAvoidterminal device energy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of continuous monitoring, the system performs periodic detection of setting completion at relevant intervals or triggers. The terminal device checks for setting completion status at appropriate moments during the setup process rather than constantly, reducing energy consumption while still enabling timely provision of service information when the completion event occurs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS20250265434A1Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for terminal device, terminal device, and method executed by terminal device
Publication Date: 2025.08.21 BROTHER KOGYO KK
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AI summary

The terminal device may detect that a predetermined setting of a communication device has been completed. The terminal device may, in a case where completion of the predetermined setting is detected, output first service information corresponding to a first service related to the communication device.