Location-Based Service System for Wireless Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current location-based services in wireless networks are limited in their ability to efficiently allow users to locate sets of desired locations, such as businesses or points of interest, and manage this information in a user-friendly manner, often requiring multiple steps and lacking in providing detailed information about nearest listings.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables users to define sets of locations and automatically find the nearest listings within those categories using a wireless device, which communicates with a location server and database to provide information such as addresses, phone numbers, and directions with minimal user input, allowing for easy management and retrieval of location data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional location-based services require multiple steps to locate desired locations, then system complexity increases, but user operation becomes more difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple location-related functions (location determination, database searching, information retrieval, and direction provision) into a single integrated system. The location server consolidates database storage, search processing, and information delivery in one centralized platform, allowing users to obtain comprehensive location information through a single query rather than multiple separate operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The location server is designed as a multi-functional system that can handle various types of location queries simultaneously - finding nearest points of interest, retrieving detailed information about locations, providing directions, and supporting multiple users. This universal approach eliminates the need for separate specialized systems for each location task.
2Loss of information
If detailed information about nearest listings is provided, then information completeness improves, but data transmission and processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-organizes and stores comprehensive location data in a structured database at the location server before queries are received. Points of interest, their categories, locations, and detailed information are all pre-loaded and indexed, so when a user queries for nearest listings, the system can quickly retrieve and transmit complete information without needing to fetch or process data in real-time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users can locate sets of desired locations efficiently, then service functionality improves, but system resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system optimizes resource usage by providing location services locally through the location server that stores and processes data in one centralized location. Rather than distributing complex processing across multiple nodes, the local server handles all database queries and information retrieval, reducing overall system resource consumption while maintaining versatile functionality for locating various types of points of interest.
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AI summary
A system and associated method receives a command from a user's mobile device to locate points of interest near the mobile device's location. The points of interest are associated with different, user-identified, point of interest categories. Based at least in part on the mobile device's location, the system substantially simultaneously provides a list of points of interest for at least some of the point of interest categories.