Location Data Format Conversion for Cross-Platform Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile devices face challenges in sharing graphic location information across different platforms due to variations in software and hardware specifications, leading to incomplete or unsupported display of location information on receiving devices.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that convert graphic location information into formats supported by various devices, using reverse-geocoding and geocoding methods to insert location data into documents, and transmit them in formats like HTML, MMS, or KMZ, ensuring compatibility and display on remote devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the mobile device uses its own display software to display graphic location information, then the location information can be displayed with full graphical features, but the receiving end cannot display the graphic location information unless it supports the same display software
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a standard document format as an intermediary carrier to bridge the sender's proprietary display software and the receiver's different software environment. The graphic location information is converted into a universal document format that can be opened by various display software on different devices, eliminating the need for the receiver to support the sender's specific display software while preserving the graphical display capability
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring the receiver to adapt to the sender's display software format, the patent inverts the approach by having the sender convert the information into a format that the receiver's existing software can naturally handle. This reverses the adaptation burden from the receiver side to the sender side, improving compatibility without requiring the receiver to install or support specific software
2Adaptability or versatility
If the graphic location information is converted into document formats supported by various remote devices, then the receiving end can view the information, but the display may not show the exact same graphic location information as the original mobile device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a faithful copy of the graphic location information in a different format. By converting the proprietary display format into a standard document format while preserving all essential graphical elements and layout characteristics, the patent ensures that the visual representation remains substantially identical to the original, allowing receivers to view the information with high fidelity despite format conversion
3Adaptability or versatility
If location information is transmitted in multiple formats to ensure compatibility, then more devices can view the information, but the data size and transmission complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the format parameter of the location information from a proprietary binary format to a standard document format. This parameter change enables universal compatibility across different devices and software platforms without requiring multiple format versions or increasing data volume, as the standard format is designed to be efficiently encoded and universally supported
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AI summary
A method and a system for sharing location information and a recording medium using the same are provided. The present method obtains graphic location information by a first display software, and insert the document to a document corresponding to a second display software. The document is then transmitted to a remote device. Accordingly, through reading the document, the remote device can directly activate the applicable display software to display the graphic location information originally shared by the user of the mobile device.