Navigation Device Geoblog Creation and Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Navigation devices struggle to easily create and utilize geoblogs, requiring users to relay information from devices to personal computers, and are unable to effectively use existing geoblogs without separate computing devices.
Innovation Solution
Navigation devices with a location determining component, processor, and user interface that allow users to determine and display current geographic locations, retrieve and form geoblogs, including pre-defined comments and automatic titling based on identified geographic entities, enabling direct sharing and viewing of geographic information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users create geoblogs using navigation devices, then geographic location information sharing is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines geoblog creation, storage, and retrieval functions directly into the navigation device. The processor integrates multiple operations including determining current location, accessing geoblog databases, and presenting information all within a single device, eliminating the need for separate computing devices and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The navigation device is designed to perform multiple functions: traditional navigation, geoblog creation, geoblog storage, and geoblog retrieval. The processor and memory system are configured to handle both navigation data and geoblog data, making the device universally capable of both navigation and information sharing tasks.
2Loss of information
If users relay information from navigation devices to personal computers, then information sharing is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the information sharing functionality from external computing devices and embeds it directly into the navigation device. The geoblog creation and storage operations are performed locally on the navigation device, eliminating the time-consuming step of transferring information to personal computers.
Solution Approach 2:
The navigation device performs geoblog creation and storage operations autonomously using its own processor and memory. The device determines its current location, accesses the geoblog database, and presents information without requiring external computing devices, enabling self-service information sharing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If navigation devices access existing geoblogs, then information utilization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-loading geoblog databases into the navigation device's memory before they are needed. The device maintains a local database of geoblogs that can be quickly accessed and presented, eliminating the need for complex real-time data retrieval operations during navigation.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide navigation devices (10) and methods for receiving and/or forming geoblogs. The provided navigation devices (10) are generally operable to retrieve a geoblog utilizing the current geographic location of the device (10) and a user input, form a geoblog utilizing the current geographic location of the device (10) and selected pre-defined comment, and/or automatically title a geoblog utilizing a current geographic location of the device (10). Such configurations and variations thereof enable users to easily share information related to a geographic location.