Service Providing System Using Wearable Sensor Context Aggregation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current service providing systems fail to enhance user enjoyment by not effectively utilizing real-time data from user interactions and emotions during events, leading to shallow and insufficient information exchange among users with similar interests.
Innovation Solution
A service providing system that accumulates context information from sensors worn by users or in objects they hold, creating personalized 'personas' to provide tailored services and facilitate deeper emotional experiences and information exchange within communities of shared interests.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If service providing systems use basic user information only, then system complexity is low, but user enjoyment and personalization are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments context information into multiple dimensions including physiological data, operational data, and environmental data. Each dimension is collected and processed separately by dedicated sensors and processing units, then integrated to form a comprehensive user profile. This segmentation allows the system to achieve high personalization capability while managing complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a service providing device as an intermediary between users and the service providing system. This intermediary collects context information from multiple sources, processes it locally, and transmits only essential aggregated data to the central system. This mediator approach enables sophisticated personalization while reducing the complexity burden on both the user端 and central system.
2Reliability
If real-time sensor data is collected from users, then user enjoyment and service quality improve, but user privacy concerns increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary context information required for service delivery from comprehensive sensor data. The service providing device selectively collects specific parameters (such as heart rate for health monitoring or location for navigation) while excluding sensitive personal information. This extraction principle ensures service quality through adequate data collection while minimizing privacy intrusion by taking out only what is essential.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms raw sensor data into anonymized parameters and aggregated statistics before storage and processing. Individual user data is converted into parameter forms that maintain service functionality while removing personally identifiable information. This parameter transformation enables reliable service delivery while protecting user privacy through mathematical and statistical abstraction.
3Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive context information is accumulated, then personalized services improve, but information processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-processing context information at the service providing device before transmission to the central system. Data filtering, validation, and initial aggregation are performed in advance, so that when data reaches the central processing system, it is already organized and ready for analysis. This preliminary processing reduces the time burden on the central system while maintaining comprehensive personalization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs periodic action by updating user profiles and service recommendations at scheduled intervals rather than in real-time for every data point. Context information is accumulated over periods and processed batch-wise, allowing the system to maintain highly personalized services while avoiding continuous processing overhead. This periodic update mechanism balances personalization quality with processing efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
According to one embodiment, a service providing system accumulates, as first context information linked to identification information of a first user, at least a part of first data detected by a first sensor worn on a body of the first user or provided in a held object of the first user. The service providing system provides a first service based on a first aggregate of the accumulated first context information to the first user.