Dynamic Geospatial Overlay System for Real-Time Patient Status Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current geospatial display technologies in healthcare settings lack dynamic and real-time updates of patient statuses and alerts on maps, limiting their effectiveness in managing workflows and patient care.
Innovation Solution
A system that dynamically updates geospatial arrangements with glyphs, such as images and text, by receiving and storing glyph information from a third-party system, allowing for instant or near-instant updates on maps, including location-specific information, display times, opacity levels, and onclick events, enabling customization even after initial deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If geospatial arrangements are updated with real-time glyph information from third party systems, then the information freshness and patient status monitoring capability is improved, but the system complexity and integration requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a geospatial server as an intermediary component that receives glyph information from third party systems, stores it in a database, and provides it to client devices. This mediator architecture decouples the third party systems from direct client connections, reducing overall system complexity while enabling real-time information updates across the geospatial display network.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service mechanisms where client devices automatically poll the geospatial server for updated glyph information and dynamically refresh their local displays without manual intervention. This automated information retrieval and update process reduces the need for complex manual synchronization mechanisms while maintaining real-time information freshness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If glyph information is stored remotely from the third party system, then the system adaptability and deployment flexibility are improved, but the data access latency may increase
Solution Approach 1:
The geospatial server pre-loads and stores glyph information in its database before client devices request it. By having data readily available in advance rather than querying third party systems in real-time, the system achieves rapid data access while maintaining the architectural benefit of remote storage and deployment flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates local copies of glyph information in the geospatial server's database from third party systems. These copies enable fast local access for multiple clients simultaneously, reducing data access latency while the original third party systems remain remotely stored and can be updated independently, maintaining deployment flexibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides customization of glyphs after initial deployment, then the system adaptability is improved, but the configuration complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic customization where glyph properties such as opacity, display duration, and associated actions can be modified after initial deployment through updated glyph information from third party systems. This dynamic configuration approach allows the system to adapt to changing requirements without requiring complex static configuration setups, as changes can be applied remotely and automatically propagated to client devices.
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AI summary
A method is provided for dynamically displaying graphical and textual overlays on geospatial arrangements. Glyph information provided by one or more third party systems may be stored in a centralized system. Upon request from a client terminal, the glyph information may be applied to a geospatial arrangement to generate an updated map to be displayed by the client terminal. Newly created glyphs, including new visual content, may be provided seamlessly after initial configuration.