Location Descriptor Selection Based on Recipient Familiarity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing location-based systems primarily use geospatial coordinates, which may not be meaningful to users, and user-specific names for locations can be personal or inappropriate for sharing with others.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that determines a recipient's familiarity with regions near a location and provides user-specified descriptors associated with those regions, allowing for meaningful and appropriate sharing of location information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If geospatial coordinates are used to represent location, then the location can be precisely identified and stored, but the location information becomes meaningless to users who cannot interpret coordinates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces geographical data (street names, place names, landmarks) as an intermediary between geospatial coordinates and user understanding. The system automatically retrieves and attaches meaningful geographical descriptors to coordinate data, allowing users to interpret location information without needing to understand coordinates themselves
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms location representation from raw coordinate parameters (latitude, longitude) to meaningful geographical parameters (street names, place names, landmarks). This parameter transformation makes the same location data interpretable and useful to end users
2Ease of operation
If user-specific names are used for locations, then the names are meaningful and relevant to the user, but the names may be personal or classified and inappropriate for sharing with others
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments location descriptors into different types: user-specific personal names and general geographical data. The system can selectively apply different descriptors based on the recipient, using personal names for familiar contacts and general geographical data for others, thus enabling both personal relevance and broad shareability
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically selects which type of descriptor to use based on the recipient's relationship to the user. The descriptor type is not fixed but adapts automatically according to the communication context and recipient characteristics
3Adaptability or versatility
If general geographical data is provided for locations, then the information can be shared with anyone, but the data holds little or no relevance to individual users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different qualities of descriptors to different recipients. General geographical data is applied as a default for broad shareability, while user-specific personal names are applied locally for specific recipients who have a relationship with the user, creating locally optimized relevance
Data Source
AI summary
A method for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient includes receiving location data of the location from a user and using the location data to identify one or more regions near or including the location. Each region is associated with a descriptor. One of the one or more regions is selected based on a recipient's interaction with the selected region including whether the user has shared with or received from the recipient the descriptor associated with the selected region. The descriptor associated with the selected region is provided to the recipient.