Action Spot Detection for Mobile Event Discovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of mobile devices face frustration due to the tedious and often inaccurate process of finding current events and happenings near their location, as existing navigational functions on mobile devices typically only display street maps and require manual research through external resources.
Innovation Solution
A system and method on mobile devices that determine 'action spots' by using a processor to identify locations where other mobile devices have recently engaged in documenting activities within a predetermined distance, signifying these spots on a graphical user interface with activity levels, allowing users to find current events without external searches.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If existing navigational functions display only street maps, then the device complexity is reduced, but the information completeness about current events and happenings deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single integrated system: street map display, action spot detection, and event information presentation are merged into one navigational interface. This allows the device to provide comprehensive event information without requiring separate external resources, thereby reducing information loss while managing system complexity through integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The navigational application is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it displays street maps for navigation, detects action spots where documenting actions occur, and presents event information to users. This multi-functionality ensures complete event information is available within the same device system, addressing the information completeness issue.
2Measurement precision
If manual research through external resources is required, then the measurement precision of event locations is improved, but the loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of action spots by monitoring documenting actions at potential event locations before the user needs the information. The processor continuously identifies where documenting actions are occurring and prepares event information in advance, so when users query event locations, the data is already processed and ready for immediate display, eliminating manual research time while maintaining location precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring documenting actions and using this information to update event location data. The processor detects documenting actions, determines their locations, and feeds this information back into the navigational system to provide accurate, real-time event location data without requiring manual user research.
3Loss of information
If the system monitors documenting actions continuously, then the information completeness about nearby events is improved, but the use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs periodic monitoring of documenting actions rather than continuous monitoring. The processor checks for new documenting actions at scheduled intervals, which maintains event information completeness by regularly updating the database of action spots while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring. This periodic approach balances information freshness with power efficiency.
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AI summary
A system, server, mobile device, and method for determining action spot location. The action spot location can be determined relative to the location of a mobile device. The mobile device can include a display and a processor module communicatively coupled to the display. The system, server, mobile device, and method can receive data indicative of the current location of the mobile device, and determine at least one action spot relative to the current location of the mobile device. The action spot can be a location where at least one other mobile device has engaged in documenting action within a predetermined period of time from when the mobile device arrived at the current location.