GPS Gate System for Virtual Location-Based Message Triggering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current GPS-based vehicle safety systems require transceivers at each service location, leading to high implementation costs and unnecessary power consumption, and lack secure and precise message triggering capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A GPS gate system that uses a GPS receiver to calculate its position and transmit messages to a virtual GPS gate communication system via cellular networks, eliminating the need for physical transceivers and allowing precise and controlled message triggering without additional infrastructure costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If transceivers are installed at each service location to enable GPS-based message triggering, then message delivery capability is improved, but implementation cost and device complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the message triggering functionality from the service location infrastructure and relocates it to the mobile device. Instead of requiring transceivers at each service location, the system uses the mobile device's existing GPS receiver and cellular transceiver to detect when virtual GPS gates are crossed and trigger messages automatically. This eliminates the need for expensive physical transceiver installation at every location.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates virtual copies of physical gate markers in the form of GPS coordinate data. Rather than installing physical transceivers at actual gate locations, the system copies the essential triggering function into software-based virtual gates defined by GPS coordinates. These virtual gates can be replicated indefinitely without additional hardware costs.
2Measurement precision
If transceivers are deployed at multiple locations for GPS gate detection, then location detection accuracy is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the mobile device self-sufficient by utilizing its existing GPS receiver and cellular transceiver for both location determination and message transmission. The device independently detects when it crosses virtual GPS gates and autonomously triggers messages without requiring external transceiver infrastructure. This eliminates the need for additional power-consuming transceivers at service locations while maintaining accurate location-based triggering.
3Measurement precision
If physical transceivers are installed at each GPS gate location, then message triggering accuracy is improved, but system adaptability decreases due to infrastructure requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static physical gate infrastructure into dynamic virtual gates that can be easily modified, added, or removed through software updates. GPS gate locations and parameters can be changed without physical installation or removal of equipment, allowing the system to adapt quickly to changing business requirements, new service locations, or modified operating hours. This provides superior flexibility compared to fixed physical transceiver installations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure and accurate message triggering based on precise vehicle location without the need for transceivers at each location, reducing costs and power consumption while allowing for precise and customizable message delivery.
Implementation Method 1
A GPS receiver uses signals from orbiting satellites to calculate its position
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AI summary
A GPS gate system is described for triggering transmission of a message. The system may include a GPS receiver determining a location of the GPS receiver based upon signals received from a GPS satellite system. The GPS receiver determines if the GPS receiver has passed through a GPS gate based upon the received signals. The GPS system may further include a communications system to connect the GPS receiver with a GPS gate communications system to receiver a message generated by the GPS receiver based upon the crossed GPS gate.