Location-Based Analytics Module for User Filtering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Social networking systems face challenges in efficiently organizing and utilizing vast amounts of user data to make accurate determinations about user behavior and preferences, particularly in optimizing transportation systems and city planning.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a location-based analytics module that collects and analyzes user location information and social network data to filter users and determine travel patterns, allowing for optimized transportation systems, city planning, and business decisions such as opening new locations or revising shuttle services.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If user social network information is collected and analyzed to determine travel patterns and provide location-based analytics, then the precision of user behavior determination is improved, but the complexity of the system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprecision of user behavior determinationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a location-based analytics module as an intermediary component that sits between the social networking system and the data analysis processes. This module specifically handles the collection, filtering, and analysis of location information and social network data, thereby improving measurement precision while containing system complexity within a dedicated component rather than distributing it throughout the entire system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system is segmented into distinct functional modules: the location-based analytics module for collecting and filtering location data, the travel pattern determination module for analyzing user behavior, and the business action determination module for applying insights. This segmentation allows each module to specialize in specific tasks, improving overall precision while making the complex system more manageable and maintainable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If location-based analytics are used to optimize transportation systems and city planning, then the productivity of resource allocation is improved, but the quantity of data processing required increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency of resource allocationVSAvoidvolume of data to be processed
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The location-based analytics module extracts only the relevant location information and social network data needed for travel pattern analysis, filtering out unnecessary data before processing. This extraction approach reduces the volume of data that requires intensive processing while still providing sufficient information to improve transportation optimization and city planning productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies partial action by focusing analytics efforts on specific high-impact areas such as transportation route optimization and shuttle service improvement, rather than attempting to analyze all possible aspects of urban life. This selective approach improves productivity in critical areas while limiting the overall data processing burden to manageable levels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If user filtering is performed based on demographic information and residence information, then the accuracy of targeted advertisements is improved, but the time required for data processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of targeted advertisingVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The location-based analytics module performs preliminary filtering of users based on location information and social network data before the advertising targeting process begins. By pre-segmenting users into relevant groups based on their travel patterns and locations, the system reduces the time required during the actual advertising campaign while maintaining high accuracy in target audience identification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10664869B2Systems and methods for providing location-based data analytics applications
Publication Date: 2020.05.26 META PLATFORMS INC
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive user social network information, including user location information, for a plurality of users. The plurality of users is filtered based on user social network information. A business action is determined based on the user social network information.