Hierarchical Geofeed Organization for Location Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in effectively organizing and monitoring vast amounts of geographically relevant content from multiple sources, as existing systems struggle with the disperse and unstructured nature of online content, making it difficult to maintain relevance and usability across geographically definable locations.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for monitoring multiple locations based on hierarchical or arbitrary groupings of geofeeds, which aggregates content from various providers, allowing for robust organization, analytics, security settings, and workflow management, enabling organizations to manage multiple locations as individual geofeeds for higher-level monitoring and analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If content is aggregated from multiple content providers to monitor geographically definable locations, then the quantity and variety of monitored content increases, but the organization and structure of the content becomes more difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the large volume of aggregated content into geofeeds organized by geographic locations. Each geofeed represents a specific geographic area and contains content from multiple providers relevant to that location. This segmentation allows the system to manage vast quantities of content by dividing them into location-based units that are easier to organize, filter, and monitor.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces geofeeds as intermediary structures between content providers and end users. Geofeeds act as mediators that aggregate, organize, and filter content from multiple providers based on geographic relevance. This intermediary layer simplifies the organization complexity by providing a standardized structure that automatically sorts content according to geographic parameters without requiring manual organization of all aggregated content.
2Adaptability or versatility
If hierarchical groupings of geofeeds are implemented for higher-level monitoring, then the ability to manage multiple locations improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested hierarchical structure where geofeeds are organized into groups, which are themselves organized into higher-level groups, creating a nested hierarchy similar to nested dolls. Individual geofeeds (representing specific locations) can be nested within regional groups, which are nested within national or global groups. This nesting enables flexible monitoring at multiple levels - users can view content from individual locations or roll up to higher-level summaries without requiring entirely separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The hierarchical grouping structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it enables localized monitoring of individual geofeeds, regional aggregation of content, national-level oversight, and global trend analysis. The same nested structure supports both detailed local investigation and high-level strategic monitoring, providing universal adaptability across different organizational needs and scales without requiring separate systems for each function.
3Reliability
If content is filtered and organized by geographic locations, then the relevance of content to specific locations improves, but the time required to process and organize content increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-organizing content into geofeeds based on geographic locations before users need to access them. Content from multiple providers is automatically filtered, tagged with geographic metadata, and sorted into appropriate geofeeds in advance. This preliminary organization ensures that when users access content for a specific location, the relevant content is already filtered and ready, eliminating the need for real-time filtering and reducing processing time at the point of use.
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AI summary
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring multiple locations based on hierarchical or arbitrary groupings of geofeeds. A geofeed may include content that is aggregated from a plurality of content providers using respective requests formatted specifically for individual ones of the plurality of content providers, where an individual set of a plurality of content is relevant to one or more geo-locations. The system facilitates robust organization, including hierarchical and arbitrary groupings, and analytics applied to the geofeeds. The groupings may be used in a wide range of applications such as location monitoring that allows organizations to manage multiple locations as individual geofeeds and group geofeeds for higher-level monitoring. The system facilitates security settings and rolled up reporting based on permission levels and/or groups of geofeeds, and provides tools to allow management of content that is made available by the system.