Place Card Interface for Unified Location Data Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of mobile devices face inconvenience when accessing different applications to view various types of data related to a single location, requiring navigation between multiple apps for information such as location details, reviews, and multimedia.
Innovation Solution
A unified display area, referred to as a 'place card', integrates different types of data related to a location within a single application interface, including information, multimedia, user feedback, and social network data, which can be accessed without switching between applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different applications are used to view data relating to a location, then comprehensive data coverage is achieved, but user convenience and operation efficiency deteriorate due to the need to navigate between multiple applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple application functions into a single place card interface that displays location information, reviews, multimedia, and other data types in one unified view, eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications while maintaining comprehensive data coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The place card is designed as a universal interface that can display various types of location-related data from different sources (maps, reviews, multimedia, etc.) within a single application, making the system multi-functional without requiring multiple separate applications
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different applications are used to access location data, then diverse data types are available, but time efficiency deteriorates due to navigation between applications
Solution Approach 1:
The place card merges multiple data types (location details, reviews, multimedia, social network data) into a single display interface, allowing users to access diverse information without the time loss of navigating between multiple applications
3Ease of operation
If a unified place card interface is implemented, then ease of operation improves, but application complexity increases due to integrating multiple data sources
Solution Approach 1:
The place card interface is segmented into distinct sections for different data types (location information, reviews, multimedia, etc.), making the complex interface manageable and easy to navigate while maintaining ease of operation
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AI summary
Some embodiments provide a mobile computing device that includes a number of applications having a common display area to display data relating to a location. In some embodiments, the common display area is a unified display area to display different types of data. The different types of data can include information regarding the location, multimedia associated with the location, user feedback regarding the location, a catalog associated with the location, social network data, etc. In some embodiments, the unified common display area is also referred to as a place card because it presents data relating to a place.