Contact-Map Integration for Instant Location Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing navigation and mapping technologies are not intuitive enough for users to easily access and display locations associated with contact information, requiring multiple steps and searches to validate and view addresses on a map.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that integrate a map application with a database application to store and retrieve coordinate information associated with contact information, allowing users to quickly display locations by selecting a control element, thereby eliminating the need for repeated searches and inputting specific addresses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually input addresses and search for locations in map applications, then location display functionality is achieved, but the process requires multiple steps and is not intuitive enough
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-associates coordinate information with contact information in advance. When a user views contact information, the coordinates are already linked and can be immediately transmitted to the map application without requiring the user to manually input addresses or perform searches, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the contact management application with map application functionality by integrating coordinate information association. This merging allows the contact application to directly provide location data to the map application, eliminating the need for separate address input and search steps, thereby improving ease of use while reducing time consumption.
2Productivity
If coordinate information is stored and associated with contact information, then location display is simplified, but integration between applications is required
Solution Approach 1:
The contact information application is enhanced with multi-functionality to not only store contact details but also associate and manage coordinate information. This universal approach allows the same application to handle both contact management and location data, improving productivity while managing complexity through a unified system rather than separate integrated components.
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AI summary
A method, apparatus, computer program and user interface wherein the method comprises: obtaining coordinate information from a first application where the coordinate information uniquely identifies an address as a location in a coordinate space; storing, using a second application, the coordinate information so that the coordinate information is associated with contact information indicative of the address; detecting user selection of a control element associated with the stored contact information; and in response to the detection of the user selection of the control element providing the coordinate information to the first application.