Named Location-Specifier System for Accurate Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing location-specifiers, such as street addresses and latitude/longitude coordinates, are prone to errors, difficult to remember, and limited in their ability to accurately represent moving entities or locations within large areas, and they suffer from delays in updates and ambiguity due to inconsistent naming and numbering changes.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows for the registration and ownership of named geographic location-specifiers, which correspond to latitude/longitude coordinates, enabling users to request and update location data, facilitating the creation of a marketplace for these identifiers, and allowing for personalized, branded, or dynamic location identifiers that can be used for navigation and tracking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If street addresses are used for location identification, then location data can be retrieved and used for navigation, but transcription errors and confusion occur due to formatting inconsistencies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a standardized digital copy of location data that replaces the physical street address format. The system stores and retrieves location information in a consistent digital format, eliminating the need for manual transcription and reducing errors associated with handwritten or typed addresses.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the format parameter of location data from variable street address formats to a standardized digital format with consistent structure. This parameter change ensures that location data is always retrieved in the same format, eliminating confusion caused by formatting inconsistencies.
2Measurement precision
If latitude/longitude coordinates are used for precise location identification, then location accuracy is improved, but the coordinates are difficult to remember and prone to transcription errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a standardized digital location format as an intermediary between the precise but complex latitude/longitude coordinates and the user. This intermediary format maintains the precision of coordinate-based location identification while presenting the information in a more user-friendly, standardized structure that is easier to handle and less prone to error.
3Loss of information
If existing location directories are updated to include new businesses, then information completeness is improved, but delays occur before updates are available
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a continuous update mechanism for location data through standardized digital formats and automated retrieval systems. Unlike traditional directories that are periodically updated, the system maintains continuous access to current location information, eliminating gaps between updates and ensuring that new businesses are immediately reflected in the data.
4Adaptability or versatility
If street addresses are used for location specification, then locations can be identified, but ambiguity occurs due to inconsistent street naming and numbering changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a stable digital copy of location data that is independent of changing street naming conventions. By storing location information in a standardized digital format rather than relying on physical address labels that may change, the system maintains consistent location identification even when street names or numbering systems are updated by local authorities.
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AI summary
Embodiments for enabling ownership, trade, and marketplace for named geographic locations are provided. Embodiments provide a marketplace for ownership of named location-specifiers. Each named location-specifier corresponds to a latitude/longitude coordinate of a location. Embodiments provide an ownership registry for the named location-specifiers, provide a registry of named location-specifiers that retrieves data based on a user's request for location data related to the named location-specifiers, provide a location data store that stores current location data corresponding to the named location-specifiers, provide a future location data store that stores updated location data and future location data corresponding to the named location-specifiers, and provide a requesting system that allows the user to request location data corresponding to a named location-specifier or to conduct a search related to one or more of the named location-specifiers.