Geographic Content Management with Privacy Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack an effective method for sharing and managing geographically-linked multimedia content, such as images and genealogical data, in a way that allows for location-based access and privacy control, limiting the ability to discover and connect historical and community information.

Innovation Solution

A website-based system that stores content as geo-indexed data structures, allowing users to associate multimedia content with geographic locations, people, and events, and provides a graphical user interface for accessing and managing this content through maps, with features for privacy settings and group access control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If users can access and share geographically-linked content, then the quantity of shared information increases, but privacy control and data security worsen

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvequantity of shared informationVSAvoidprivacy control

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments data access rights into distinct levels (public, private, group-specific) allowing users to control which portions of their data are shared. This enables selective disclosure where users can make certain content public while keeping other content private or accessible only to specific groups, thus maintaining privacy control while enabling information sharing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary access control mechanism that mediates between data owners and data consumers. This intermediary layer handles authentication, authorization, and privacy policies, allowing the system to provide extensive sharing capabilities while maintaining security and privacy control through centralized policy management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If the system provides comprehensive search and access capabilities, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of accessVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces complex manual search and navigation mechanisms with automated geo-spatial indexing and map-based visual interfaces. Instead of requiring users to manually search through databases, the system uses geographic coordinates as natural organizing principles, allowing users to visually explore and access content through map interactions, thereby simplifying operation while managing complexity through spatial organization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Productivity

If the system stores and indexes geographically-linked data structures, then productivity of information retrieval improves, but loss of information increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation retrieval efficiencyVSAvoiddata loss

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements nested data structures where geographic locations, markers, media files, and associated metadata are organized in hierarchical relationships. This nesting allows efficient retrieval through multiple levels of filtering (by location, by time, by person) while maintaining complete data integrity through structured storage that prevents information loss during queries.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS9465890B1Method and system for managing and sharing geographically-linked content

Publication Date: 2016.10.11 WILSON DONALD JAY

AI summary

This disclosure relates generally to the field of content sharing over a network using geographical tags, particularly multimedia content relating to community, genealogical and historical information. The content that can be shared via preferred embodiments may take many forms, such as images, genealogical data, video, audio, etc. Preferably, the content comprises personalized content (such as family tree information, family photographs, neighborhood photographs, home video, home audio, etc.).