Calendar-Based Navigation Assistance System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing navigation assistance technologies require user input for turn-by-turn instructions and often necessitate separate actions for providing necessary information, which can be inconvenient and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that utilizes calendar event data to provide location identification and navigation information to a user's device based on geographical proximity and scheduled event times, offering notifications and navigation guidance with customizable formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing navigation systems require user input to provide turn-by-turn instructions, then navigation support can be provided, but user convenience and efficiency deteriorate due to required manual actions
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically monitors calendar events and user location to provide navigation assistance without requiring user input. The server detects when a user is approaching a calendar event location and automatically provides turn-by-turn navigation instructions, eliminating the need for manual activation by the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system retrieves calendar event information in advance and prepares navigation assistance before the user needs it. By monitoring user location relative to scheduled events ahead of time, the system can proactively provide navigation instructions when the user approaches the event location, rather than waiting for user request.
2Measurement precision
If navigation systems provide comprehensive location information, then navigation accuracy improves, but information processing time and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential location information from calendar events that is relevant to navigation. Instead of processing all event details, it focuses on extracting location coordinates and event timing, thereby providing accurate location identification while minimizing processing time and system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are methods and systems for delivering smart reminders to a user based on data associated with a calendar event of the user. The methods and systems utilize data contained in a user's calendar to deliver relevant event location identification information to the user at appropriate times in advance of a scheduled start time for the event. A reminder notification is delivered to a device of the user when it is determined that the user is approaching the specified event location (e.g., based on location data associated with the user device) and the scheduled start time for the event is within a threshold period of time. The notification includes one or more images of a particular venue specified for the event, contact information for the venue, as well as various other data associated with the particular venue and/or corresponding event.