Information Processing Apparatus for Location-Based Data Presentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques fail to effectively manage electronic documents associated with positional information by identifying corresponding locations in virtual space, lacking the ability to link real-life locations with virtual representations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and medium that attach positional information to electronic data items, allowing them to be presented in a virtual space representing real-world locations, enabling users to view, update, or retrieve data items by navigating to these locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If positional information is attached to electronic data items and presented in virtual space, then data accessibility and user interaction are enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that manages the association between electronic data items and positional information. The server receives data items with attached positional information, stores them in a database, and presents them in virtual space representing real-world locations. This intermediary handles the complexity of spatial mapping and data management, keeping the client-side system relatively simple while enabling enhanced data accessibility through location-based presentation.
2Loss of information
If electronic data items are presented at specific locations in virtual space, then location-based data retrieval is improved, but information management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of real-world space where electronic data items are presented at locations corresponding to their real-world positions. Instead of managing complex spatial relationships in the physical world, the system creates a simplified virtual representation where data items can be easily retrieved based on their virtual location coordinates. This copying approach enables efficient location-based information retrieval without the complexity of physical spatial management.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, when an electronic data item is created, attach positional information to the electronic data item and present the electronic data item, in a virtual space representing a real space, at a location indicated by the attached positional information.