Vehicle Notification System with User-Defined Trigger Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle systems lack the ability to allow users to define and execute personalized notification tasks based on specific trigger events, limiting user control and flexibility in receiving important vehicle-related information.
Innovation Solution
The method enables vehicle electronics to receive user-defined notification tasks, configure vehicle system modules to monitor for trigger events, and execute notification actions, such as sending messages to external devices, based on predefined settings, allowing users to customize notifications for events like location, ignition state, or diagnostic triggers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle systems use predefined notification tasks only, then system complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but user control and flexibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures multiple notification channels (in-vehicle displays, wireless communications to mobile devices, email, SMS) and trigger event types (location, ignition state, diagnostic events) in advance. Users can select from these pre-prepared options when defining custom notification tasks, eliminating the need to build notification infrastructure from scratch while maintaining high flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system is divided into independent modular components: trigger event detection modules, notification channel modules, and task configuration modules. Each module can be independently configured and activated, allowing users to build customized notification tasks by selecting and combining specific modules without increasing overall system complexity.
2Reliability
If the system sends notifications through a backend facility, then reliability and security are improved, but notification speed and user responsiveness are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle's onboard electronics system acts as an intermediary that can directly execute notification actions without requiring backend facility mediation. The system includes built-in communication modules that can directly transmit notifications to user devices, eliminating the mandatory backend routing step while maintaining security through pre-configured authentication protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification routing is made dynamic and adaptable. The system can switch between direct execution and backend-mediated routing based on task configuration and conditions. Users can define tasks that execute notifications directly for time-critical events while routing other notifications through the backend for enhanced security or batching.
3Measurement precision
If the system monitors multiple trigger events with high precision, then measurement precision and reliability are improved, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a universal trigger event detection framework that can handle multiple types of trigger events (location-based, ignition state, diagnostic events) through a common monitoring architecture. This multi-functional approach allows precise monitoring of diverse events without requiring separate specialized systems for each event type, thereby controlling complexity while maintaining high detection precision.
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AI summary
A system and method of executing a user-defined notification task, and wherein the method includes: receiving a user-defined notification task at the vehicle via one or more user interfaces, wherein the user-defined notification task specifies a trigger event and a notification action, the trigger event being selectable from the plurality of predefined trigger events via the one or more user interfaces, and the notification action being configurable via selection of one or more notification settings via the plurality of notification settings; in response to receiving the user-defined notification task at the vehicle, configuring one or more vehicle system modules to monitor for an occurrence of the trigger condition of the user-defined notification event; and in response to detecting the occurrence of the trigger event of the user-defined notification task, executing the notification action so that a vehicle user is notified of the occurrence of the trigger event.