Location-Based Content Distribution via Intermediary Server

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face inefficiencies in sharing and accessing content associated with geographic locations, as they must actively send content to multiple recipients and lack a way to identify interested individuals, making the process repetitive and time-consuming.

Innovation Solution

A location-based content aggregation and distribution system that allows users to create and associate content with geographic locations, using a content hub subsystem to store and selectively distribute content based on location data, enabling access and annotation by users proximate to the location.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a user actively sends content to each recipient individually, then the content can be shared with specific people, but the process becomes repetitive and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent sharing efficiencyVSAvoidtime spent on manual content distribution

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that receives content from the user and automatically distributes it to multiple recipients based on location data. Instead of the user manually sending content to each person, the server acts as a mediator that handles the distribution process, thereby improving efficiency and reducing the time the user must spend on this repetitive task.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If a user provides content explanations for each recipient, then the content can be understood by different people, but the process becomes repetitive and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent distribution efficiencyVSAvoidtime spent on repeated content explanations

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The server serves as an intermediary that not only distributes content but also manages the association between content and location data. This eliminates the need for the user to repeatedly explain content to different recipients, as the server handles the intelligent distribution based on location matching, thereby reducing the time spent on repetitive explanations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If a user manually identifies people interested in location-specific content, then relevant content can be shared with interested parties, but there is no way to identify such people

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation about interested recipientsVSAvoidease of identifying interested users

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses location data as feedback to automatically identify and match users with relevant content. By monitoring the location information of multiple users, the server can determine which users are physically present at or near the location associated with the content, thereby automatically identifying interested recipients without requiring manual effort from the user.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The server acts as an intermediary that collects and processes location data from multiple users, then uses this information to automatically identify which users are interested in the location-specific content. This eliminates the need for the user to manually identify interested parties, as the server performs this function based on objective location data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Ease of operation

If content is shared without location-based automation, then users maintain control over distribution, but the process requires active user involvement for each recipient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of content sharingVSAvoidcontent sharing speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The server acts as an intermediary that automates the content distribution process while maintaining user control. The user simply provides the content and location information to the server, which then automatically distributes it to relevant users based on location data. This maintains simplicity for the user while dramatically increasing sharing speed and productivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10809069B2Location based content aggregation and distribution systems and methods

Publication Date: 2020.10.20 META PLATFORMS INC

AI summary

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a content instance from a first device, wherein the content instance is associated with a geographic location and a period of time; determining that a second device is associated with the geographic location and the period of time associated with the content instance, wherein the determination is based on the second device being within a predefined proximity of the geographic location associated with the content instance during the period of time associated with the content instance; and enabling, in response to determining that the second device is associated with the geographic location and the period of time associated with the content instance, the content instance to be accessible by the second device.