Mobile Device Service Configuration via Location Quality Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile devices lack a satisfactory method to modify services based on the accuracy of location data, which is crucial for providing optimal location-based services.
Innovation Solution
A method and computer program product that obtain quality information related to location data and use it to modify the functionality of services accessible via a mobile device, integrating this information with geotagging services to adjust parameters such as location accuracy, precision, and latency, allowing for user-selectable or predetermined quality criterion ranges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If location data is used to configure services without quality information, then service availability is improved, but service accuracy and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by obtaining quality information about location data and using it to dynamically modify service parameters. The quality information feeds back into the service configuration process, allowing the service to adjust its behavior based on the actual quality of location data received, thereby maintaining both availability and accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The service modifies its operational parameters based on quality information. When location data quality varies, the service adjusts parameters such as update frequency, accuracy thresholds, and data processing intensity to optimize performance while maintaining service availability.
2Measurement precision
If quality information processing is added to modify services, then service accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The quality information processing mechanism is designed to be universal and applicable across multiple services. Rather than implementing separate quality assessment systems for each service, a single multi-functional quality information obtainer modifies various services based on location data quality, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high accuracy.
3Reliability
If location techniques are monitored for operational status, then service reliability is improved, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential quality information needed for service modification from the operational status of location techniques. Rather than processing all available data about location technique performance, it selectively extracts relevant quality metrics that directly impact service reliability, reducing data processing load while maintaining reliability.
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AI summary
The disclosure is directed to a method (100), computer program product, mobile device (210) allowing for configuring a service (160) accessible via the mobile device (210). The mobile device (210) is configured to allow a determination of its location data (110) using one or more of a plurality of location techniques. The configuring of the service (160) comprises obtaining (130) quality information (140) including a designation of the location technique used for determining said location data (110) and at least partly a quality of said location data (110); and integrating (150) said quality information (140) at least partly with said service (160) to allow a modification (155) of said service (160) based on said quality information (140). Various examples of services (160) enabled or enhanced by this capability are described including camera service, navigation services, data sharing services. Various configurations of computer program products, mobile devices and systems for enabling the services above are also described.