Proximity Peer-to-Peer Mobile Navigation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a system and method that allows users to locate and exchange cash using mobile communication devices, as many venues require cash instead of electronic payments, and individuals often do not carry cash, leading to missed purchases.
Innovation Solution
A proximity peer-to-peer mobile navigation system that uses beacons to connect mobile devices, allowing users to determine each other's locations and display routes on a map, facilitating transactions with mutual authentication and electronic currency transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If electronic payment systems are used, then transaction convenience is improved, but compatibility with cash-only venues deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a mobile communication device as an intermediary that bridges electronic payment capabilities and cash-only venues. The device contains both electronic payment functionality and cash dispensing capability, allowing users to access cash through the device itself when at cash-only venues, thus maintaining electronic payment convenience while adapting to cash-only environments.
2Quantity of substance
If users carry cash, then cash availability is improved, but security risks and inconvenience increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to serve themselves cash from their own mobile communication device through automated dispensing mechanisms. The device autonomously provides cash when needed, eliminating the need for users to physically carry large amounts of cash while maintaining immediate cash availability. This self-service approach reduces security risks associated with carrying cash.
3Ease of operation
If beacon transmission is used for location sharing, then peer-to-peer connection establishment is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The beacon transmission system uses periodic rather than continuous transmission. The mobile communication device transmits beacons at predetermined time intervals instead of continuously, which significantly reduces energy consumption while still enabling reliable peer-to-peer connection establishment. The periodic transmission maintains the ability to locate and connect with other devices in the vicinity without the energy cost of constant transmission.
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AI summary
A system and method for locating mobile communication devices in a peer to peer communication using a beacon. The system and method include determining a first location of a first mobile communication device and transmitting the beacon from the first mobile communication device, which may be received by a second mobile computing device. In response to the beacon, the first mobile communication device may receive a message from a second mobile communication device. A peer to peer communication between the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device based on the message may be established. The first mobile communication device may receive a second location of the second mobile communication device from the second mobile communication device, and display both the first location and the second location on a map of the first mobile communication device.