Geofence Notification via Built-in Messaging App
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing location tracking and geofencing systems require users to install specific applications, consume cellular bandwidth, and generate profiles, leading to user fatigue and inefficient notification delivery, especially in areas with poor reception.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes built-in messaging applications to provide location-based deal notifications, allowing users to select and redeem deals without installing additional apps, using QR codes for authentication, and leveraging geofencing to deliver timely and relevant offers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If specific applications are installed for location tracking and geofencing, then location monitoring functionality is improved, but device complexity and user fatigue increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling the built-in messaging application to perform multiple functions including location tracking, geofencing monitoring, and notification delivery. This eliminates the need for separate dedicated applications, reducing device complexity while maintaining reliable location monitoring functionality through the multi-functional messaging app
2Ease of operation
If built-in messaging applications are used for notifications, then ease of operation is improved, but notification delivery reliability may worsen in areas with poor reception
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs SMS text messages as disposable, simple communication objects that can be delivered in areas with poor reception where more complex notification methods might fail. These basic text-based notifications provide a fallback mechanism that maintains reliability through simplicity, using the cheapest and most universally compatible communication method
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for a geofence-based location tracking and notification triggering system. One of the methods includes obtaining location information associated with a user device; accessing information indicating entities located within one or more threshold distances of the obtained location; determining whether a user of the user device satisfies constraints specified by the entities; and generating a notification to be provided to the user device, the notification indicating information associated with at least one entity for which the user satisfies specified constraints. Preferably, the notification is in the form of a text messages, which provides advantages for real-time notifications with increased spatial relevance to a user.