Map Application Geographic Data Search and Update
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Solution Overview
Problem
Map applications often return incorrect or missing geographic data, leading to user dissatisfaction and reduced usage, as they may rely on incomplete or inaccurate databases.
Innovation Solution
A method where a map application initiates a search in a first geographic database and, if necessary, a second database, to ensure accurate data display, allowing users to input missing data for inclusion in the first database, thereby enhancing data completeness and user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a map application relies on a single geographic database, then the device complexity is reduced, but the data completeness and accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple geographic databases (first geographic database and second geographic database) into a unified search system. The map application searches both databases to retrieve geographic data, merging their contents to achieve complete and accurate results while maintaining manageable complexity through systematic integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal search mechanism that can query multiple geographic databases through a single interface. The map application maintains multi-functionality by being able to search both the first and second geographic databases, ensuring data completeness without requiring the user to interact with multiple separate systems.
2Measurement precision
If a map application searches multiple geographic databases, then the data accuracy is improved, but the search time and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing search routines that can query multiple geographic databases in advance. The map application is pre-configured to search both the first and second geographic databases, so when a user requests geographic data, the search process can immediately proceed without delay in setting up the multi-database query structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements continuous useful action by maintaining an ongoing search process across multiple databases. Rather than completing one search and then starting another, the system continuously queries both the first and second geographic databases in an integrated manner, ensuring that the search process remains productive throughout without unnecessary interruptions or delays.
3Reliability
If geographic data is not found in the first database, then the data reliability is maintained, but the user experience deteriorates due to incorrect data or missing information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that bridges the gap between data reliability and user experience. When the first geographic database does not contain the requested data, the system automatically queries the second geographic database as an intermediary source. This mediator approach ensures that reliable data is found while preventing the user from experiencing errors or missing information, as the second database serves as a backup and supplement to the primary data source.
Data Source
AI summary
When a first map application initiates a search of a first geographic database associated with the first map application, for geographic data or when the first geographic database does not return at least a portion of the geographic data in response to the search, the first map application initiates a search of a second geographic database for at least the portion of the geographic data. The second geographic database is associated with a second map application. If the second geographic database includes the portion of the requested data, the first map application displays the geographic data, which is received from the first database, the second database, or a combination thereof. The first map application also requests that a user input the portion of the geographic data not included in the first geographic database, which may then be added to the first geographic database.