Adaptive Map Label Selection for Disputed Place Names
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable electronic devices face challenges in displaying maps with geographical features that have multiple disputed place names, as using a single map database can be culturally offensive to users from different regions, necessitating a method to adaptively select appropriate place names based on user location, carrier, or personal preferences.
Innovation Solution
A method for determining the appropriate place name for a disputed geographical feature on a portable electronic device by considering criteria such as current location, carrier identifier, or personal identifier, allowing for adaptive labelling that is culturally sensitive, involving requesting map data with alternate names and selecting the most suitable label for display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a single map database is used to service end-users in multiple nations, then device complexity is reduced and manufacturing is simplified, but cultural offensiveness increases and user acceptance decreases due to disputed place names
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic map labeling by storing multiple alternate place names in the map database and selecting the appropriate name based on real-time device location, carrier identifier, or personal identifier. This allows the same map database to serve multiple nations culturally appropriately without requiring separate databases for each country.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the displayed place name parameter based on contextual information such as device location, carrier ID, or personal ID. By dynamically adjusting this parameter, the system resolves cultural disputes while maintaining a single unified map database structure.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If multiple separate map databases are created for different nations with disputed place names, then cultural appropriateness is improved, but device complexity and data management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal map database that serves multiple nations and cultural contexts simultaneously. By storing alternate place names and using selection criteria (location, carrier ID, personal ID), a single database performs the function of multiple nation-specific databases without the complexity of separate database structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges multiple nation-specific place name variations into a single unified map database. Instead of maintaining separate databases for different countries, the patent combines all alternate names in one database and uses selection logic to display the appropriate name based on device context.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a fixed place name is used in the map database, then data consistency is maintained, but adaptability to different user contexts and cultural preferences is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static place name parameter into a dynamic one by storing multiple alternate names and selecting based on device location, carrier identifier, or personal identifier. This maintains database consistency while enabling cultural adaptability through context-aware selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-storing multiple alternate place names in the database along with selection criteria. When a map is displayed, the appropriate name is already prepared and selected based on the device's context, eliminating the need for real-time database modifications.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If alternate place names are stored and displayed for disputed geographical features, then cultural sensitivity is improved, but information processing complexity and label selection difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent simplifies the complex task of place name selection by changing the approach from manual or heuristic selection to automated parameter-based selection. The system uses objective parameters (device location, carrier ID, personal ID) to automatically determine which alternate name to display, reducing the difficulty of the selection process.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of displaying a map on a portable electronic device entails requesting map data that includes label data for at least one map label for a map feature known alternatively by a first name and a second name. The method further involves determining, based on a predetermined criterion, which of the first name and the second name is to be displayed on the portable electronic device. The predetermined criterion may be, for example, the current location of the device, a carrier identifier, or a personal identifier containing geographically relevant information from which a preferred map label may be inferred.