Geolocation-Based Pop-Up Data Filtering for Bandwidth Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for generating pop-ups on user mobile devices often transmit unnecessary data across communication channels, leading to increased flow rates and inefficient use of bandwidth, as they typically send pop-ups periodically regardless of the user's location.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a database and computing system to selectively transmit pop-up data only when the user's mobile device is within a predetermined distance of a target location, using user profiles and location-based data to determine relevant pop-ups, thereby reducing unnecessary data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If pop-ups are transmitted periodically to user mobile devices, then users receive timely information about relevant businesses and services, but the communication channel flow rate increases and bandwidth is wasted due to unnecessary data transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts pop-up transmission based on real-time user location data. Instead of periodic transmission, the system continuously monitors user location and only transmits pop-ups when the user enters predefined geographic zones near relevant businesses, making the transmission pattern adaptive to actual user needs rather than fixed in time
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies location-based filtering to deliver pop-ups selectively based on the user's geographic proximity to specific businesses. Each pop-up is associated with a target business location, and the system determines relevance by calculating the distance between the user's current location and the target location, thereby providing localized information only when geographically appropriate
2Loss of energy
If location-based selective transmission is implemented, then bandwidth is conserved by reducing unnecessary data transmission, but the system complexity increases due to location monitoring and data processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a location service as an intermediary component that handles geographic data processing and user location monitoring. This intermediary layer separates the core pop-up generation logic from the location-based filtering logic, allowing the system to leverage existing location service infrastructure rather than building custom location monitoring capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-associates pop-up data with target business locations before transmission. Location thresholds and geographic zone definitions are established in advance, allowing the system to quickly determine eligibility for transmission without performing complex real-time calculations during the actual pop-up delivery moment
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AI summary
A system and method generate location-based real-time pop-ups to user portable devices utilizing a computing system storing target information and user profiles and providing a downloadable pop-up display application. A user portable device running the application sends user identification and current location information to the computing system. The computing system uses the current location and the stored user profile associated with the identified user to select relevant stored target information and send the selected information as pop-up data to the portable device across a wireless communication channel only when the user portable device current location is within the predetermined distance of the associated target location. The application generates pop-up images from the received pop-up data on the portable device display for use by the user in purchasing products and/or services from the targets. The user profiles include preferences that facilitate the target selection and the image display positioning.