Crowdsourced Social Map Interface for Mobile Event Notification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current technologies fail to effectively capture and display real-time, relevant events and experiences in geographic locations on mobile devices without cluttering the user interface and ensuring privacy, making it difficult for users to access localized information.

Innovation Solution

A user interface and system that captures, categorizes, and displays multimedia content related to events and experiences on a geographic map using mobile devices, combining content from multiple sources into a 'crowdsourced social layer' for enhanced relevance and accessibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If multimedia content from multiple users is collected and displayed in real-time, then content relevance and information availability are improved, but user interface clutter increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation availabilityVSAvoiduser interface clutter

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the displayed information by organizing multimedia content into distinct geographic locations on a map interface. Each location shows only relevant content from that area, preventing global clutter while maintaining comprehensive local information. Users can navigate between different locations to access different sets of content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds a geographic spatial dimension to the display of multimedia content. Instead of presenting all content in a single feed or list, content is distributed across a map interface with multiple geographic locations, transforming the information presentation from a one-dimensional scrollable list to a two-dimensional spatial distribution.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of information

If comprehensive event coverage is provided across all locations, then information completeness is improved, but relevance to specific user locations decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidcontent relevance

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by tailoring the content displayed at each geographic location to be relevant to that specific location. Each location on the map shows multimedia content generated by users at or near that location, ensuring that the information quality and relevance are optimized for local context rather than providing uniform global content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Quantity of substance

If user-generated content is collected without restrictions, then content volume and diversity are improved, but privacy protection becomes compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent volumeVSAvoidprivacy risks

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer between content collection and display. The system receives multimedia content from users, processes it through servers that handle anonymization and privacy protection, and then displays the processed content. This intermediary layer protects user privacy while maintaining content volume and diversity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Loss of time

If real-time processing of user content is implemented, then information freshness is improved, but system resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation freshnessVSAvoidsystem resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic action by having mobile devices periodically check for and download new multimedia content from servers at scheduled intervals or when users navigate to different locations. This approach maintains information freshness by regularly updating content while avoiding continuous real-time processing that would consume excessive system resources.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS10013136B2User interface, method and system for crowdsourcing event notification sharing using mobile devices

Publication Date: 2018.07.03 BACHMAN MICHAEL L

AI summary

Accessible user interface applications for crowdsourced notification and sharing of events are disclosed that include: at least one piece of multimedia information content that is related to an at least one event, experience or combination thereof, at least one mapped geographical location that is related to the at least one event, experience or combination thereof, wherein the at least one piece of multimedia information content and the at least one mapped geographical location are collected by the accessible user interface application and converted into a crowd sourced social map; and a mobile device, wherein the accessible user interface is stored on, located on, shown by, accessed by the user from or a combination thereof. Related methods and systems are also disclosed herein.