Event Map With Embedded Media For Location Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current search engines and computer-implemented search mechanisms fail to effectively present event information in a structured format, making it difficult for users to easily find and share events of interest in a specific geographic area and timeframe, as they lack visual and audio previews and do not provide easy location and time identification.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system for generating an event map that receives user requests, identifies events within a specified location and timeframe, and creates a map displaying event data with embedded media, including audio, video, and images, allowing users to view and share event information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional text-based search results are used to present event information, then the system is simple to implement, but users cannot easily identify event locations and times, and the information is not easily viewable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms event information from traditional text-based one-dimensional presentation to a two-dimensional map visualization. Events are displayed as markers on a geographic map, with additional dimensions for time (timeline view) and media content (audio/video previews). This dimensional transformation enables users to easily identify event locations and times through visual spatial representation rather than parsing text descriptions.
2Loss of information
If text-only event information is provided, then the system is simple to implement, but users cannot access audio and visual previews of events
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple types of event information (text descriptions, audio previews, video previews, images) into a single integrated event marker on the map. Each event marker consolidates diverse media formats and information types, allowing users to access comprehensive event details through one unified interface rather than separate systems for each media type.
Solution Approach 2:
The event marker serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays event location on the map, provides event description text, offers audio previews, shows video previews, and enables sharing capabilities. This multi-functional design consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into a single universal interface.
3Ease of operation
If traditional search results are used, then the system is simple to implement, but users cannot easily share events with other users
Solution Approach 1:
The event marker includes built-in sharing functionality that enables users to share events with others directly from the map interface. The sharing mechanism is integrated into the event display itself, allowing users to propagate event information without requiring separate sharing systems or manual copying of event details.
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AI summary
Provided are systems and methods for generating an event map of events located near a user's location. The event map may include embedded media, such as audio, video, images, and the like for events located within a specific geographic area, such as geographic radius around a user's location, and a specific timeframe. Each event may be displayed at a position on the event map that corresponds to the location of the event, and the embedded media for the event may be displayed at an event's position. Additionally, the event map may include data for each event, such as date and time of the event and links to event-related resources.