Information Processing Apparatus Location Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems face challenges in efficiently matching and providing management target information to mobile terminals based on location-specific data, particularly with GPS errors and limited record handling.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a reception unit for receiving GPS information from mobile terminals, a controller for matching this information with stored management target data, and a provision unit for delivering relevant information, including handling errors and prioritizing frequently requested content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If GPS information is used to specify location, then mobile terminal can request information based on current position, but GPS errors cause inaccurate location matching
Solution Approach 1:
The system stores place specifying information and management target information in advance in a database before actual information requests. By pre-storing and pre-matching location data with management target information, the system creates a reference database that can accommodate GPS errors during actual operations, resolving the contradiction between ease of location-based operation and measurement precision.
2Reliability
If place specifying information is stored and matched, then relevant management target information can be provided, but matching process becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a simplified copy or representation of location data by storing place specifying information (such as place names or simplified identifiers) in the database alongside management target information. This copying approach allows for reliable matching without requiring complex real-time GPS coordinate processing, thus maintaining information provision accuracy while reducing matching process complexity.
3Quantity of substance
If all management target information is stored in memory, then complete information can be provided, but memory usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and stores only the essential place specifying information and corresponding management target information in the database, rather than storing all possible information. By selectively extracting and storing only the necessary data pairs needed for location-based matching, the system maintains information completeness for the intended purpose while minimizing memory usage.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a reception unit that receives place specifying information for specifying a place transmitted from a mobile terminal in the place where provision of management target information stored in a memory is requested, a controller that performs a control so that the place specifying information received by the reception unit is stored in the memory to be matched with the management target information, and a provision unit that provides, in a case where place specifying information corresponding to the place specifying information received by the reception unit is stored in the memory, the management target information matched with the corresponding place specifying information to the mobile terminal.