Mobile Terminal Location-Based Service Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile devices lack an efficient method to request and provide location-based services, such as taxi services, emergency responders, and door-to-door deliveries, with real-time route information and fare calculations, which are not seamlessly integrated with user location determination and service provider communication.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal with a wireless communication unit, GPS, and a controller that receives user input for service requests, determines user location, sends requests to service providers, and renders maps with routes and fare information, enabling users to select service providers and track service arrival times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mobile devices provide basic wireless communication functionality, then users can place telephone calls, but the devices lack integrated location-based service request capabilities with real-time route information
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device is enhanced to perform multiple functions beyond basic communication, including determining user location via GPS, requesting location-based services (taxi, emergency responder, delivery), receiving route information, and rendering maps with real-time route tracking. This multi-functional integration allows a single device to serve as both a communication tool and a comprehensive location-based service platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines previously separate functions into a unified system: communication unit for service requests, location determination unit for GPS tracking, and rendering unit for map display are merged into the mobile device. This consolidation enables seamless integration where location data, service requests, and route visualization work together within a single device architecture.
2Ease of operation
If the system integrates location determination and service request capabilities, then users can request location-based services, but real-time route information and fare calculations are not seamlessly provided
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where the mobile device determines user location, sends service requests with location data to service providers, receives route information in return, and renders the route on a map display. This feedback mechanism ensures real-time information exchange between the user device and service providers, providing seamless route tracking and updates throughout the service delivery process.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device determines the user's location in advance before service arrival, and the service provider receives and processes route information beforehand. This preliminary action allows the system to prepare route calculations and fare estimates before the actual service delivery, ensuring that all necessary information is available to the user in real-time.
3Reliability
If the mobile device renders maps with real-time route information, then users can track service providers, but the system requires multiple integrated components that increase complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device is divided into distinct functional units: a communication unit for exchanging service requests and route information, a location determination unit for GPS tracking, and a rendering unit for map display. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function reliably while maintaining clear interfaces between them, reducing the complexity of integration compared to a monolithic design.
Data Source
AI summary
A selection associated with a service provider is received at a user device, the service provider being associated with a first location. A second location that is associated with the user is determined at the user device. A service request and the determined second location associated with the user are sent from the user device and to a destination associated with the service provider. A route between the first and second locations to be used by the service provider is received from the service provider. A map including the route between the first and second locations to be used by the service provider is rendered on the user device.