Location-Based Data Permission for Mobile Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional handheld information systems only process data based on the access point they are connected to, lacking features to enhance user interest and motivation to visit specific locations.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that determines its location and, if at a particular place, permits or prohibits the use of specific data based on conditions such as time or the presence of other devices, allowing for enhanced user engagement by offering location-specific content or parameters.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the handheld information system merely performs processing corresponding to the access point, then the system operation is simple, but the user interest about the place is not enhanced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interest enhancementVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes operational parameters based on location detection. When the information processing apparatus detects that it is at a particular place, it permits use of predetermined data and changes processing parameters to enhance user interest. This dynamic parameter adjustment resolves the contradiction by enabling enhanced adaptability without requiring fundamentally complex system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by determining location in advance and pre-permitting or prohibiting data use based on predetermined conditions. This advance preparation allows the system to enhance user interest through location-specific content while maintaining relatively simple operational logic, as the decisions are made beforehand rather than requiring complex real-time processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If location-based data permission is implemented, then user interest is enhanced, but location determination accuracy requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelocation-specific content deliveryVSAvoidlocation determination precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements local quality by providing different data permission characteristics at different locations. When at a particular place, predetermined data can be used; when not at the particular place, data use is prohibited. This location-specific differentiation enhances adaptability while using relatively simple location determination mechanisms rather than requiring high-precision measurement systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Adaptability or versatility

If time-based data prohibition is added, then user engagement is enhanced, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime-conditioned data controlVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements periodic action by monitoring time intervals since location determination. If a predetermined time has elapsed since the apparatus was determined to be at the particular place, data use is prohibited. This periodic time-based control enhances user engagement through time-conditioned exclusivity while adding minimal processing complexity, as it involves simple time interval calculation rather than complex temporal reasoning.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS10271159B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and information processing method
Publication Date: 2019.04.23 NINTENDO CO LTD
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AI summary

It is determined whether or not an information processing apparatus is located at a particular place. If it is determined in the determination of the location that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular place, use of predetermined data is permitted. If the information processing apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition related to the fact that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular place, the permitted use of the data is prohibited.