Location Time Notification Triggering System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional alarms and notification systems rely solely on time-based triggers, failing to account for location information, which can lead to inefficiencies, such as missed alerts due to transit delays or incorrect timing.
Innovation Solution
A location-based action triggering system that combines location and time information to generate notifications, using a device with a target receiver, current location monitor, and analyzer to determine if specified location and time criteria are met, allowing for alerts based on spatial information and user-defined rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If time-based notification is used, then the system is simple to implement, but the notification may be missed due to transit delays or incorrect timing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines location-based notification with time-based notification by integrating location monitoring, time monitoring, and analyzer modules into a unified system. The analyzer determines whether both location and time specifications are satisfied simultaneously, creating a hybrid notification system that maintains simplicity while improving reliability through multi-parameter verification.
2Reliability
If location-based notification is added to time-based notification, then notification reliability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the notification system into independent functional modules: a location monitor for gathering location data, a time monitor for gathering time data, and an analyzer for processing both inputs. This segmentation allows each module to perform its specific function independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high notification reliability through coordinated operation.
3Measurement precision
If both location and time specifications are required, then notification precision improves, but the system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary monitoring and analysis by continuously tracking location and time data before the notification event occurs. The analyzer proactively determines whether the specifications are satisfied in advance, allowing the system to prepare and trigger notifications at the precise moment both location and time criteria are met, thereby improving precision without requiring complex real-time computation during the critical moment.
Data Source
AI summary
A target receiver may receive a location-related specification and a time period-related specification, the time period-related specification specifying time period in which to check for the location-related specification. A location monitor may determine current location-related information. A time period monitor may determine current time-related information. An analyzer may determine whether a pair of the location-related specification and the time-period related specification is satisfied by the current-location information and the current time-related information. The analyzer may further provide notification as to whether the pair of the location-related specification and the time-period related specification is satisfied by the current-location information and the current time-related information.