Mobile Sub-Application Execution for Location-Based Content Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital content delivery systems are organized around URLs, phone numbers, or email addresses, nucleating communities around websites rather than physical locations, leading to individuals missing relevant content if they do not visit these websites.
Innovation Solution
A method for executing a mobile application that determines the device's location and sends digital content when within a specific geographic area, allowing content to be associated and delivered based on physical location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If digital content delivery is organized around URLs, phone numbers, or email addresses, then content can be delivered to specific addresses, but individuals will not encounter relevant content if they do not visit the specific website or address
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional content delivery approach by transitioning from address-based delivery (URLs, email addresses) to location-based delivery. Instead of requiring users to visit specific websites to encounter content, the system delivers content based on the user's physical location, making content discovery passive and location-driven rather than active and address-driven.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces GPS location data and mobile devices as intermediaries between users and digital content. The mobile device's location tracking capability serves as a mediator that automatically determines whether to deliver content based on physical proximity to relevant locations, eliminating the need for users to manually navigate to specific websites.
2Adaptability or versatility
If communities are nucleated around websites, then content can be organized and delivered centrally, but discussions are not nucleated around physical locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes community organization dynamic by allowing content delivery to adapt to users' changing physical locations. Instead of static website-based communities, the system enables dynamic, location-based community formation where content and discussions are automatically relevant based on where users physically are, making community engagement more natural and context-aware.
3Ease of operation
If location-based content delivery is implemented, then users can encounter location-specific digital content, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling mobile devices to automatically perform location tracking and content delivery decisions without requiring complex user intervention. The system leverages the mobile device's built-in GPS and processing capabilities to autonomously determine location and retrieve appropriate content, simplifying the user experience while managing complexity through automation.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of executing an application on a mobile computing device includes providing a first host application on a mobile computing device. A sub-application is provided on the mobile computing device that is configured to selectively execute in response to execution of the first host application. The first host application is executed by the mobile computing device, including executing the sub-application. The sub-application is configured to execute a method that includes determining a location of the mobile computing device, and if the mobile computing device is determined to be at a location within a predetermined first geographic area, then sending digital content associated with the first geographic area to the mobile computing device and displaying the digital content associated with the first geographic area on the mobile device.