Location-Based Content Sharing Automation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for sharing content among multiple parties are often slow and prone to errors, particularly when selecting recipients based on their proximity to the content creation location.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method that identifies the geographical location and time of content creation and automatically shares it with third-party devices within a defined proximity zone at the time of creation, eliminating the need for manual selection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual selection of third parties is used for content sharing, then the content can be shared with specific parties, but the process becomes slow and prone to error

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of recipient selectionVSAvoidtime required for sharing process
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically identifies and selects third parties based on their proximity to the content creation location, eliminating the need for manual selection by the user. The device serves itself by autonomously determining recipient lists through location-based filtering, thus resolving the contradiction between accuracy and time consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-identifies potential third parties by continuously monitoring location data and maintaining a ready list of proximate users before content sharing is initiated. This preliminary preparation enables rapid, accurate recipient selection when sharing occurs, addressing both speed and accuracy requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If manual selection of third parties is used for content sharing, then the user has control over recipients, but the process is slow and error-prone

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of content sharingVSAvoidcomplexity of selection process
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device automatically performs the recipient selection task without requiring user intervention in the complex process of identifying and choosing third parties. The system handles location analysis, proximity calculation, and recipient identification autonomously, thereby increasing productivity while managing complexity internally

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The complex selection process is extracted from the user's manual workflow and transferred to an automated system that handles recipient identification based on location data. This separation removes the burden of complexity from the user interface while maintaining high-speed operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS9363639B2Sharing content
Publication Date: 2016.06.07 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

A system and method shares content with third parties based on the location of the third parties at the time the content was created. The third parties with which content is shared are selected by identifying those third parties which were within a zone of geographic proximity around the location at which the content was created at the time of its creation.