Mobile Device Geographical Data Sharing System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing GPS systems lack efficient methods for sharing geographical data between devices, particularly in providing real-time location information and calculated routes between user and friend devices, including estimated travel time and speed.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables a mobile device to request and receive location data from a friend's device, establish a link with a GPS system, transmit geographical data, and output a geographic solution including a calculated route, estimated travel time, and average speed, using a processor and computer usable medium with embedded program code.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If GPS systems use traditional location sharing methods, then basic location information can be obtained, but real-time location information and calculated routes between user and friend devices cannot be provided
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the geographical data sharing process into distinct components: location request transmission, location data reception, GPS system linking, and route calculation. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, enabling real-time location sharing while maintaining efficient route calculation capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary communication system that facilitates data exchange between mobile devices and GPS systems. This intermediary enables the transmission of location requests and reception of location data, resolving the contradiction by providing a structured channel for real-time geographical information sharing without compromising route calculation efficiency.
2Measurement precision
If the system establishes links with GPS systems and processes real-time location data, then accurate route information can be provided, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a location requestor and as a GPS system interface. This universal design allows the device to handle multiple tasks (location sharing, route calculation, data transmission) within a single integrated system, maintaining location accuracy while managing device complexity through functional consolidation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service capabilities where the mobile device automatically establishes links with GPS systems and processes location data without requiring complex external intervention. This self-service approach simplifies the overall system architecture by reducing the need for additional control mechanisms while maintaining precise location measurement capabilities.
3Loss of information
If the system processes multiple parameters (travel time, speed, route), then comprehensive navigation information is provided, but information processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and storing route parameters such as travel time and speed estimates based on historical data and current GPS information. This preliminary processing allows the system to provide comprehensive navigation information without requiring extensive real-time computation, thus reducing information processing time while maintaining completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs parameter changes by dynamically adjusting the level of detail in navigation information based on user needs and system conditions. Instead of continuously processing all parameters at maximum detail, the system adapts parameter precision and processing depth, providing comprehensive information when needed while reducing processing time during normal operation.
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AI summary
According to one embodiment, a system comprises a first mobile device comprising a processor; and a computer usable medium, where the computer usable medium has computer usable program code embodied therewith, which when executed by the processor causes the processor to send a request for a location of a closest person to the first mobile device, determine a first location of the first mobile device, receive, in response to the request, a plurality of potential matches, where each of the potential matches includes a name and location of a person, receive a selection of one of the plurality of potential matches, obtain location coordinates of the selected potential match, establish a link with a global positioning service (GPS) system, transmit geographical data to the GPS system, wherein the geographical data includes the location coordinates of the selected potential match, and output a geographic solution on the first mobile device, wherein the geographic solution includes: a calculated route between the first location of the first mobile device and the location coordinates of the selected potential match, and information associated with the calculated route, the information including one or more of an estimated travel time, an average travelling speed, and an elapsed travel time.