Information Provision System for Content Location via Place Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often struggle to find specific parts of content, such as books or videos, when they recognize a place name but cannot recall the title, and even if specified, finding the corresponding part can be time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
An information providing system that acquires place information, searches for associated specifying information stored in a database, and outputs this information to easily locate the relevant part in content, including features like determining purchasing status and generating trial read files for non-purchased content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually search for content by title and location, then they can find the corresponding part, but it takes time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing content to extract location information and associations between places and content segments. This preparation work is done in advance, so when a user queries for content related to a specific place, the system can quickly retrieve and present the relevant information without requiring manual searching through the entire content.
2Ease of operation
If the system stores detailed specifying information for all content, then users can easily find relevant parts, but the storage requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential location-related information from content, such as place names and their associations with specific content segments. Instead of storing and processing all content metadata, it selectively extracts and stores only the location information that is necessary for the query function, thereby reducing storage requirements and system complexity while maintaining ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If the system provides full content access without purchase verification, then user experience is improved, but content protection is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides partial content access by offering trial read files that contain only a portion of the full content. This allows users to experience the content and verify its value before making a purchase decision. The trial access is sufficient to demonstrate the content's relevance and quality, yet limited enough to protect the full content from unauthorized distribution.
Data Source
AI summary
The information providing system includes the communication unit, the content database, the search unit and the map information generation unit. The communication unit acquires place information indicating a place. The content database stores place information indicating a place and specifying information specifying an expression part where an expression related to the place appears in content in association with each other. The search unit acquires the specifying information stored in association with the place information indicating a place within a specified range from the place indicated by the place information acquired by the communication unit from the content database. The map information generation unit outputs the specifying information acquired by the search unit.