Dynamic Meeting Location and Path Generation for Electronic Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for electronic devices to facilitate users meeting at a specific location often fail to provide efficient movement paths, especially when users are at different locations and have varying means of transportation.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a communication module, display, and processor that transmits and receives movement path information to determine a meeting location and generate navigable paths for each user based on their location and transportation means, considering external variables like traffic and weather.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a pre-determined destination path finding method is used, then the path calculation is simple, but it fails to provide efficient movement paths for users trying to meet each other at a specific place
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static destination-based path finding into a dynamic meeting-based system. The meeting place is determined dynamically based on real-time locations and movement information of multiple users, rather than being pre-determined. This allows the system to adapt to changing conditions and provide optimized paths for all participants to converge at the same location.
Solution Approach 2:
The server performs multiple functions: it collects location information from multiple users, determines an optimal meeting place that considers all participants, and generates movement paths for each user to reach the meeting place. This multi-functional approach replaces the simple single-user destination navigation with a comprehensive meeting arrangement system.
2Ease of operation
If individual path planning is done for each user, then the meeting coordination is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that coordinates between multiple users. Instead of direct peer-to-peer complexity, the server centralizes the computation of meeting places and path generation. It receives location information from all users, determines the optimal meeting point, and distributes personalized paths to each user, thereby managing complexity centrally while maintaining simplicity at user endpoints.
3Speed
If meeting place is determined without considering transportation means, then the calculation is faster, but the path efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing paths according to each user's specific transportation means. Instead of using a uniform path calculation method for all users, the system considers individual transportation modes (walking, driving, public transport) and generates optimized paths tailored to each user's capabilities and constraints, thereby improving overall path efficiency.
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AI summary
A method and electronic device for requesting and providing a navigable movement path are provided herein. An electronic device for providing the movement path and meeting location are provided as well. The electronic device for requesting the navigable movement path includes a communication module, a display and a processor. The processor may implement the method including: when a preset condition is satisfied, transmit a request for movement path information and movement information of the electronic device through the communication module to the external device, the movement path information navigable to a meeting location with a second electronic device, receive a transmission of information from the external device, the received information including the meeting location designated based on the movement information of the electronic device, and a movement path navigable to the meeting location, and display the movement path navigable to the meeting location on the display.