Location-Based Notification System Using Spatial Polygons
Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers and device manufacturers face challenges in delivering location-based notifications independent of mapping services, due to issues like constant updates, inaccurate location indications, privacy concerns, and high bandwidth demands.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that initiate spatial event requests for location-based notifications, specifying a bounded area, and receive spatial polygons associated with these notifications, allowing for overlay on travel networks without requiring precise device location tracking or active map reference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If mapping services are used to provide location-based notifications, then notification accuracy is improved, but bandwidth requirements increase and location privacy is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential function of location-based notification delivery from the mapping service dependency. Instead of requiring continuous map data and location tracking, the system extracts only the necessary spatial event information and delivers notifications independently, reducing bandwidth while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent inverts the traditional approach by not requiring the device to continuously report precise location to mapping services. Instead, the system uses spatial polygons and bounded areas to define notification zones, allowing notifications to be pushed when devices enter these zones without requiring continuous location data transmission.
2Measurement precision
If mapping services are used to provide location-based notifications, then notification accuracy is improved, but location privacy is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the continuous location tracking requirement into discrete spatial polygons and bounded areas. Instead of continuously monitoring precise device location, the system divides the geographic space into defined notification zones and only processes location information when devices enter or exit these segmented areas, preserving privacy while maintaining notification accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces spatial polygons and bounded areas as intermediaries between the device location and the notification system. These geometric constructs act as privacy-protecting layers that allow the system to determine when notifications should be delivered without requiring direct access to continuous precise location data.
3Adaptability or versatility
If mapping services are used to provide location-based notifications, then comprehensive coverage is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal notification framework using spatial polygons and bounded areas that can apply to multiple devices and notification types simultaneously. This multi-functional approach allows the same geometric boundary definitions to serve various notification purposes without requiring device-specific complex processing, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
Data Source
AI summary
An approach is provided for providing map independent location-based notifications. The location-based notification platform causes an initiation of at least one spatial event request for one or more location-based notifications. The at least one spatial event request specifies at least one bounded area in which at least one device is located or to arrive. The location-based notification platform in response to the at least one spatial event request, receives at least one spatial polygon. The at least one spatial polygon represents at least one geographic area that is determined based on the at least one bounded area, and the at least one spatial polygon is associated with the one or more location-based notifications or one or more triggers for the one or more location-based notifications. The location-based notification platform then causes an overlay of the at least one spatial polygon on at least one travel network traveled by the at least one device.