Voice Control Data Service Enablement on Terminals

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing voice control systems on terminals with disabled data services cannot execute voice instructions that require network access, limiting user functionality and complicating the operation process.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that enable data services on terminals in a disabled state upon receiving voice instructions, allowing specific applications to use the data service while prohibiting others, and automatically managing data traffic based on thresholds and service types to facilitate voice control operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the terminal enables data service to execute voice instructions requiring network access, then the functionality and versatility of voice control is improved, but the complexity of operation process and system control increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice control functionalityVSAvoidoperation process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal automatically detects when data service is disabled and self-enables it when voice instructions requiring network access are detected. The system monitors its own state and performs necessary adjustments without user intervention, resolving the contradiction by making the system self-sufficient rather than requiring complex manual operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal enables data service in advance before the user attempts to use voice control functions that require network access. By proactively checking the data service status and enabling it beforehand, the system prevents operational interruptions and simplifies the user experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the terminal automatically enables data service for voice control, then the ease of operation is improved, but the data traffic consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice control operationVSAvoiddata traffic consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal enables data service partially - only when voice instructions requiring network access are detected, rather than continuously. This selective approach provides sufficient functionality for voice control while minimizing unnecessary data traffic consumption, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and energy efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The data service state is dynamically adjusted based on the actual needs of voice control operations. The system transitions from a static disabled state to an enabled state only when necessary, optimizing the balance between operational convenience and resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Measurement precision

If the terminal prohibits other applications from using data service, then the control precision and data traffic management is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata traffic control precisionVSAvoidapplication management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal segments data service access by application, allowing the voice control application to use data service while prohibiting other applications. This granular control enables precise data traffic management for voice control functions while isolating other applications, resolving the contradiction between control precision and system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10777205B2Voice control processing method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2020.09.15 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A voice control processing method and apparatus, where the method includes enabling, by a terminal in a data service disabled state, a data service after the terminal receives a voice instruction using a first application, where the first application is an application program used for voice control in the terminal, prohibiting, by the terminal, another application other than the first application in the terminal from using the data service, and controlling, by the terminal, the first application to execute the voice instruction using the data service, after the terminal enables the data service. The terminal in a data service disabled state receives the voice instruction. Then, the terminal enables the data service and prohibits another application from using the data service.