POI Management Server for Private Location Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional location-based services rely on public infrastructure for location determination, making it difficult to effectively provide services for private location information or movable points-of-interest (POI), and fail to satisfy the need for specifying and utilizing such information.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that involves an electronic device communicating with a POI management server to offer acquired location information and perform specific actions when matched to registered POIs, using a communication module, processor, and POI database to manage and identify private POIs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional location determination techniques (GPS, cell-ID, Wi-Fi) are used, then location information can be obtained from public infrastructure, but the system cannot effectively provide services for private location information or movable POIs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments location information into two categories: public infrastructure-based location (using GPS, cell-ID, Wi-Fi) and private location information (user-defined POIs). By separating these two types, the system can maintain the reliability of public infrastructure while adding the adaptability to handle private location data through a dedicated POI management mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a POI management server as an intermediary component between the electronic device and the location service. This server mediates by receiving location information from the device, matching it with registered POIs, and enabling private location-based services without compromising the reliability of traditional public infrastructure methods.
2Ease of manufacture
If public infrastructure is used for location determination, then the system is simple to implement, but it fails to satisfy the need for specifying and utilizing private location information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the location service universal by enabling it to handle multiple types of location information: traditional public infrastructure location (GPS, cell-ID, Wi-Fi) and private user-defined POIs. The POI management server provides multi-functionality by supporting both public and private location services through a unified architecture, maintaining ease of implementation while significantly enhancing adaptability.
3Device complexity
If traditional location-based services are provided, then the system structure is simple, but it cannot effectively utilize movable points-of-interest
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamics to the location service system by enabling POIs to be movable and user-defined rather than fixed. The POI management server dynamically matches location information with registered POIs, allowing the system to adapt to changing locations and user needs. This dynamic approach increases adaptability to movable POIs while keeping the overall system structure relatively simple through server-based management.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device offers acquired location information to a point-of-interest (POI) management server when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The POI management server offers POI identification information to the electronic device when the location information is matched to one of registered POIs. When the POI identification information is received from the POI management server, the electronic device performs a certain action.