Event POI Analysis via Server Mediator and Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for a method and apparatus to effectively provide Point Of Interest (POI) information related to events, such as financial settlements, on electronic devices, which can analyze and display relevant information based on received data, including text and location, to enhance user experience and functionality.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a processor that receives and analyzes information on events, such as financial settlements, to determine and display POI information, and can request and transmit this information to external devices, utilizing a server to refine and update POI data based on user feedback.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If POI information is provided based on event analysis, then user experience and functionality are enhanced, but device complexity increases due to text analysis and location-based processing requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that handles the complex text analysis and POI information processing. The electronic device sends event information to the server, which performs the analytical work and returns results. This mediator approach allows the device to gain advanced functionality without bearing the full complexity burden locally.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system is divided into distinct functional modules: event detection module, text analysis module, location processing module, and POI information provision module. Each module handles a specific aspect of the overall process, making the complex system more manageable and maintainable while enabling enhanced functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If text analysis and location processing are performed to determine POI information, then accuracy of POI information improves, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveaccuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary filtering and preprocessing of event information before full analysis. By preparing and organizing data in advance, the system reduces the computational burden during actual POI determination, thereby decreasing processing time while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where processing results are evaluated and used to optimize future processing. This allows the system to learn from previous operations and improve efficiency over time, reducing processing time while preserving accuracy through iterative refinement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10034151B2Method for providing point of interest and electronic device thereof
Publication Date: 2018.07.24 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method of providing Point Of Interest (POI) information in an electronic device may include receiving information on an event, analyzing a text included in the information on the event and a location at which the information on the event is received, and controlling a display to display POI information based in part on a result of the analysis. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the method of providing the POI information in the electronic device may be implemented by the electronic device.