Location-oriented services for mobile devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current location-oriented services in mobile communications are limited by individual user environments and device capabilities, often providing services on a one-to-one basis without considering relationships or proximities between multiple users.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that determine the location of multiple mobile devices and their users' relationships, providing location-oriented data services by assessing proximity and user connections, allowing for tailored service delivery based on device capabilities and user relationships.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If location-oriented services are provided on a service-to-individual user relationship basis, then the service delivery is simple and direct, but the service relevance and effectiveness are limited by individual user environment and device capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple user contexts (location, relationships, device capabilities) into a unified service delivery framework. The system merges individual user data with relational data to provide comprehensive location-oriented services that adapt to group contexts while maintaining manageable complexity through centralized processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal service platform that can handle both individual and group-based location services. The same infrastructure supports diverse service types (messaging, notifications, information sharing) across different user contexts, making the system multi-functional without requiring separate systems for each service type.
2Reliability
If the system determines location and relationship data for multiple users, then the service effectiveness and relevance are improved, but the data processing complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that handles the complex tasks of determining user locations, relationships, and device capabilities. This mediator processes multiple data sources and performs the computationally intensive relationship analysis, relieving individual mobile devices from handling complex processing while ensuring service reliability through centralized coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary determination of user relationships and device capabilities before providing location-oriented services. By pre-establishing relationship data and capability profiles, the system reduces real-time processing complexity when services are actually delivered, as this foundational data is already available for quick reference during service provision.
3Adaptability or versatility
If location-oriented services are constrained by individual user environment and device limitations, then the system remains simple to implement, but the extent and quality of services that can be provided are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic service adaptation where the system adjusts service delivery based on real-time assessment of user environments and device capabilities. The service extent dynamically scales to match available resources while maximizing utility, allowing the system to provide comprehensive services when conditions permit while gracefully degrading when constraints exist, without requiring complex manual configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
A location of a first mobile device associated with a first user is determined, and a location of a second mobile device associated with a second user is determined. A relationship between the first user and the second user is determined, and a proximity of the first mobile device relative to the second mobile device is determined. A location-oriented data service is provided to at least one of the first mobile device and the second mobile device.