Universal Notification Platform for Cross-Device Message Routing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack a convenient means to adapt and deliver notification messages across diverse devices and platforms, requiring service providers to manage separate notifications for different device types, operating systems, and carrier networks, which is burdensome and lacks unified delivery solutions.

Innovation Solution

A universal notification platform that facilitates automated processing of targeted notification messages by evaluating device and service provider attributes against tagging rules, enabling selective routing and dynamic adjustment based on device states and network conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If separate notification systems are maintained for different device types, operating systems, and carrier networks, then compatibility with specific devices is ensured, but system complexity and management burden increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompatibility with specific devicesVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal notification system that can handle multiple device types, operating systems, and carrier networks through a single unified platform. The system uses device profile matching and automated routing to accommodate diverse notification recipients without requiring separate specialized systems for each device category, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining broad compatibility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Manufacturing precision

If manual adaptation of notification messages is performed for each device type, then message delivery accuracy is improved, but processing time and operational effort increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage delivery accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing device profiles containing characteristics and requirements of different notification recipients. When a notification needs to be sent, the system automatically matches the recipient against these pre-defined profiles and applies the appropriate formatting and routing rules, eliminating the need for manual adaptation while maintaining high delivery accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The notification system implements self-service through automated profile matching and message adaptation. The system automatically determines the appropriate device profile, formats the notification message accordingly, and routes it to the correct recipient without requiring manual intervention, thereby maintaining precision while significantly reducing processing time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If a unified notification platform is implemented, then operational efficiency is improved, but the ability to handle device-specific requirements may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidhandling device-specific requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The unified notification system is segmented into distinct functional components: device profile storage, message formatting module, and routing logic. Each component handles specific aspects of notification delivery, allowing the system to maintain operational efficiency through automation while preserving the ability to accommodate device-specific requirements through specialized profile configurations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP2716014B1Method and apparatus for routing notification messages
Publication Date: 2018.05.23 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
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AI summary

An approach is presented for facilitating automated processing of targeted (push) notification messages for integration with notification recipients of different type and function. A universal notification platform receives data for identifying one or more notification recipients, one or more attributes of the one or more notification recipients, or a combination thereof. It then processes the data along with one or more other attributes pertaining to one or more service providers of the notification recipients in order to determine one or more rules for specifying routing of one or more notification messages to the one or more notification recipients by one or more information sources.