Location Address Translation System for Accuracy and User Clarity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing location technologies provide addresses that are technology-relevant but not user-relevant, and are often less accurate, making it difficult for users to understand their location, especially when more accurate technologies are unavailable due to signal loss.
Innovation Solution
A method that translates technology-relevant addresses to user-relevant addresses by calculating an error radius and using signal information to identify transmitters, and also translates less accurate location addresses to more accurate ones when available, recalculating the error radius based on the distance between the two addresses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If technology-relevant addresses are used for location identification, then location accuracy is maintained, but user understandability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary translation system that converts technology-relevant addresses (latitude/longitude, cell tower IDs, WiFi MAC addresses) into user-relevant addresses (street addresses, place names, familiar location descriptors). This mediator layer preserves the precision of technical location data while presenting it in human-understandable formats, resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If less accurate location technologies are used, then device compatibility and signal availability are improved, but location precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple location technologies (GPS, cellular triangulation, WiFi positioning) into a unified location determination system. By combining these diverse technologies, the system maintains adaptability across different devices and signal conditions while achieving improved overall precision through multi-source data fusion, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary location estimation using less accurate but always-available technologies (cellular, WiFi), then uses this preliminary position to trigger acquisition of more accurate location data when conditions permit. This preliminary action ensures continuous location capability while enabling precision improvement when possible, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and precision.
3Loss of information
If error radius calculation is performed for less accurate technologies, then location uncertainty is quantified, but user confidence in location accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic error radius adjustment based on the availability and quality of multiple location technologies. When multiple technologies are available and agree, the error radius is reduced, increasing user confidence. When only less accurate technologies are available, the error radius increases but is accompanied by translation to user-relevant addresses and potential use of preliminary action principles to improve precision over time, maintaining user confidence through adaptive presentation.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for translating technology relevant addresses to user relevant addresses, and for translating less accurate location addresses to more accurate location addresses, are provided. According to a first embodiment, a method for displaying location information relating to a mobile device comprises using received signal information to identify a specific transmitter; determining a location of the identified transmitter; determining a Technology Relevant Address; calculating an Error Radius; translating the Technology Relevant Address to a User Relevant Address; recalculating the Error Radius; and displaying the User Relevant Address. According to a second embodiment, the method comprises using a first, less accurate technology, receiving signal information and using the received signal information to identify a specific transmitter; determining the location of the identified transmitter; calculating an Error Radius; determining if there is a More Accurate Technology Location Address within the Error Radius that is less than some time period old; translating the Less Accurate Technology Address to the More Accurate Technology Address; and displaying the User Relevant Address.