Wearable Notification Actions via Incomplete Data Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of wearable electronic devices face limitations in acting on incoming messages due to proprietary systems, which restrict their ability to perform actions on notifications without accessing the original messaging application.
Innovation Solution
A message notification application on wearable devices allows users to select and perform actions like replying, forwarding, or archiving messages using an incomplete data set, by integrating with messaging service providers' APIs or partner applications on mobile devices, enabling retrieval of the full message format for actions without leaving the notification interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users access the original messaging application to perform actions on messages, then they can access complete message data and perform all actions, but they must leave the notification interface and switch applications which reduces convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the wearable device notification interface and the messaging service providers. The server receives incomplete message data from notifications, retrieves complete message information from messaging service providers using the incomplete data as search queries, and enables users to perform messaging actions directly from the notification interface without switching applications.
2Reliability
If proprietary systems are used to deliver notifications to wearable devices, then notifications can be delivered reliably, but users are restricted from performing actions on messages without accessing the original application
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the notification interface to serve multiple functions: not only displaying message notifications but also allowing users to perform various messaging actions (reply, forward, archive, delete, mark as read) directly from the notification. This multi-functional approach overcomes the limitations of proprietary notification systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as a mediator that bridges the gap between the restricted notification interface and the full messaging capabilities. It receives the incomplete data set from notifications, uses it to query messaging service providers for complete message data, and enables versatile messaging actions while maintaining reliable notification delivery.
3Speed
If the notification interface provides limited information, then it maintains simplicity and quick display, but users cannot perform actions without accessing the full message in the original application
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by using the incomplete data set from notifications as search query terms to retrieve complete message data from messaging service providers. This preliminary retrieval enables users to perform actions immediately on the notification interface without needing to access the full message in the original application.
Solution Approach 2:
The server intermediary resolves the contradiction by accepting the simple, fast notification display with incomplete data and transforming it into a functional interface that supports full messaging actions. It uses the incomplete data to fetch complete message information in the background, enabling users to act on notifications quickly without compromising on functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus, a system, and a method in which a message notification application such as an e-mail notification application resident in a first memory on a wearable electronic device is configured to provide messaging actions; where the message notification application has a user interface to present content of a message originating from an message application resident on a mobile computing device; where the message notification application is configured to analyze a notification of the message to obtain an incomplete data set; and where the message notification application is configured to work with a server configured to integrate with one or more application programming interfaces of one or more messaging service providers, where the server has a server module configured to receive the incomplete data set and use all or a portion of the incomplete data set as search query terms to retrieve an instance of the message in its full-message format.