Physical Context Wireless Communication Location System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems lack sufficient accuracy and efficiency in locating wireless communication devices and associating them with context information, leading to inadequate personalized content delivery and call routing.

Innovation Solution

Implementing physical context-based wireless communication methods that determine a wireless communication device's spatial location, associate it with location context information, and identify the user, using techniques such as cellular triangulation, GPS, RFID, and Bluetooth signals, to provide tailored content and applications based on presence zones.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If wireless communication systems use basic cellular location methods to determine device location, then the system complexity remains low, but the location accuracy and efficiency are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelocation accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple location determination methods (cellular triangulation, GPS, RFID, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.16) into a unified location system. The server integrates data from these diverse sources to achieve high-precision location tracking, transforming separate technologies into a coordinated system that delivers accurate spatial context information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The location determination system is designed to support multiple functions: it not only tracks device location but also identifies users, determines presence zones, and provides context information for various applications including advertising, call routing, and service delivery. This multi-functional approach reduces overall system complexity by consolidating operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If the system uses multiple location determination methods to improve accuracy, then location precision increases, but the device and system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelocation precisionVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that centralizes the processing of location data from multiple sources. Instead of requiring the wireless communication device to handle complex multi-method location determination, the device simply provides raw data to the server, which then performs the sophisticated integration and analysis. This mediator approach maintains high precision while reducing device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces complex mechanical or procedural location determination at the device level with automated server-side processing. The server automatically receives, processes, and integrates location data from multiple sources without requiring complex device-side algorithms, substituting centralized computational processing for distributed mechanical complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system implements presence zone detection and user identification, then personalized content delivery improves, but the processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized content deliveryVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary user identification and presence zone detection before content delivery. The server continuously tracks user location and identifies presence zones in advance, so when personalized content needs to be delivered, the necessary context information is already available. This pre-processing reduces the time required for personalized content delivery while maintaining high adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors user location and presence zone information, providing real-time feedback that enables dynamic content personalization. This ongoing feedback loop allows the system to adapt quickly to changing user contexts without requiring extensive processing time at the moment of content delivery, as the system is continuously prepared with updated location and context data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS8472972B2Device, system, and method of physical context based wireless communication
Publication Date: 2013.06.25 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

Device, system and method of physical context based wireless communication. For example, a method for physical context based wireless communication includes: determining an association between a spatial location of a wireless communication device and location context information related to said spatial location; determining an identity of a user of said wireless communication device; and determining an association between said user of the wireless communication device and said location context information.