Hiking Planner Integrating GPS and Booking Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for planning and tracking hikes lack comprehensive features for user-specific trail suggestions based on skill level, real-time tracking, and integrated booking services for accommodations and services, and do not effectively utilize user feedback and GPS positioning for personalized hiking experiences.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes GPS positioning to provide personalized hiking trail suggestions based on user skill level, incorporates user feedback, and offers integrated booking services for accommodations and services, allowing users to track their progress and receive real-time assistance during hikes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive hiking trail information and multiple features are integrated into the system, then the functionality and user experience are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple previously separate hiking functions into a single integrated mobile device system. The device merges GPS positioning, trail database access, real-time tracking, weather information, booking services, and social feedback features into one unified platform, eliminating the need for multiple separate devices or systems while providing comprehensive hiking functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device is designed to perform multiple hiking-related functions simultaneously. It serves as a positioning system, information database, communication device, booking platform, and social feedback collector all in one device. This multi-functionality allows the system to provide comprehensive hiking support without requiring separate specialized equipment for each function.
2Reliability
If real-time GPS tracking and periodic position checks are implemented, then hiking safety and monitoring are improved, but the use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous GPS tracking, the system implements periodic position checks at predetermined intervals or locations along the hiking trail. The mobile device determines its position at these specific checkpoints and transmits location information only at these moments. This periodic approach maintains safety monitoring capability while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous tracking.
3Measurement precision
If user feedback from multiple sources is collected and processed, then the quality of trail suggestions is improved, but the loss of time for data processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-collects and stores feedback data from multiple sources including professional trail guides, previous hikers, and official trail information providers in a database before the user needs suggestions. When a user requests trail recommendations, the system quickly retrieves and processes this pre-organized data based on the user's skill level and preferences, rather than gathering and analyzing all feedback data in real-time from scratch.
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 users to plan and track hikes with tailored trail suggestions, real-time tracking, and integrated booking capabilities, enhancing the hiking experience through user-specific recommendations and feedback integration.
Implementation Method 1
The current location of the GPS enabled device is determined by computing a difference between a time that each GPS signal is sent by a respective satellite and a time that the GPS signal was received by a GPS receiver of the GPS device. The time difference is then used by the GPS device to compute a distance, or range, from its GPS receiver to the respective satellite.
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AI summary
A system and method for providing hiking trail information, including obtaining, by a user device comprising an electronic circuit, estimated physical location for which a user would like hiking trail information regarding, obtaining information regarding one or more hiking trails within a predetermined distance of the estimated location and within a predetermined level of difficulty, and displaying the hiking trail information to the user.