GEOID Server Labeling for Mobile Navigation Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mapping services face challenges in efficiently representing and verifying geographic locations, particularly on mobile devices, leading to user distraction and potential navigation errors due to cumbersome address input and unreliable information.
Innovation Solution
A Geographic Identification System (GEOID) that uses a server to communicate with databases and mapping services, allowing users to assign memorable labels (GEOIDs) to geographic locations, which can include static addresses, routes, or mobile assets, and provides secure access and navigation services by retrieving and displaying associated geographic information on maps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users enter address information manually into mobile devices, then navigation services can be accessed, but driver distraction increases and input becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (GEOID server and database) that mediates between users and mapping services. Instead of directly entering addresses into mobile devices, users interact with simplified GEOID labels through the intermediary server, which resolves these labels to full geographic information. This intermediary layer eliminates the need for manual address input on mobile devices while maintaining navigation functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates simplified copies of geographic identifiers (GEOIDs) that represent full addresses and locations. These GEOID labels are short, memorable strings that copy the essential identifying function of addresses without requiring users to input complete address information. The server maintains the mapping between these simplified copies and full geographic data, enabling easy access without manual entry.
2Reliability
If mapping services use traditional address representation, then geographic information can be stored, but location verification becomes unreliable and positioning errors occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the GEOID server verifies and validates geographic information against stored reference data. When users provide location information or when the system retrieves GEOIDs, the server feedbacks verification results to ensure accuracy. This feedback loop detects and corrects positioning errors, maintaining high reliability in geographic information representation and retrieval.
3Device complexity
If mobile devices have basic user interfaces, then device simplicity is maintained, but address entry becomes cumbersome and frustrating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a new dimensional layer to address representation by introducing GEOID labels as an intermediate dimension between simple device interfaces and complex address data. Users interact with the simplified GEOID dimension on their mobile devices, while the server manages the complex mapping to full address data. This dimensional transformation allows basic interfaces to handle complex geographic information efficiently without requiring sophisticated user input mechanisms.
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AI summary
Geographic identification systems and methods of displaying geographic locations on maps and providing related location based services in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a GEOID server configured to communicate with a database containing GEOIDs, where each GEOID comprises a label and geographic information. In addition, the GEOID server is configured to communicate with a mapping server via a network, the GEOID server is configured to communicate with a plurality of user devices via the network, the GEOID server is configured to store GEOIDs in the database in response to information received from user devices via the network, the GEOID server is configured to retrieve geographic information in response to GEOID labels received from user devices via the Internet, and the GEOID server is configured to cause the display of a map provided by a mapping server on a user device, where the map indicates at least one location associated with the geographic information retrieved by the GEOID server in response to the GEOID label received from the user device.