Proxy Application for Centralized Location Data Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The frequent transmission of location information by social networking applications on user devices leads to a reduction in battery life and increased network resource usage, resulting in an undesirable user experience.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a proxy application that controls when location information is sent from the user device to a network device, reducing the frequency of location data transmission from every few seconds to every minute, thereby conserving user device and network resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If social networking applications frequently send location information to servers, then the location information is more up-to-date and accurate, but the battery life is reduced and network resource usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a proxy application as an intermediary layer between the social networking applications and the servers. This proxy application consolidates location information from multiple applications and sends unified location updates to the servers, reducing the total number of transmission operations while maintaining location accuracy. The intermediary buffers and batches the location data, preventing direct frequent communications from each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple separate location information transmission operations into a single unified transmission process. Instead of each social networking application independently sending location data to its own server, the proxy application combines location information from multiple applications and sends consolidated updates, thereby reducing overall network traffic and energy consumption.
2Measurement precision
If social networking applications frequently send location information to servers, then the location information is more up-to-date and accurate, but the network resource usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The proxy application serves as an intermediary that consolidates location information from multiple social networking applications before transmitting to servers. This intermediary layer batches and deduplicates location data, reducing the total volume of network traffic while ensuring servers receive accurate and timely location information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple independent location transmission streams into a single consolidated transmission process. By combining location data from multiple applications into unified batches, the system reduces redundant network communications and lowers overall network resource consumption while maintaining data accuracy.
3Speed
If multiple social networking applications independently send location information, then each application receives timely location data, but the overall system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The proxy application acts as a central intermediary that manages location information flow from multiple social networking applications. This single intermediary point simplifies the system architecture by replacing multiple independent transmission channels with one coordinated process, reducing system complexity while maintaining fast location data delivery through efficient batching and routing.
Data Source
AI summary
A network device is configured to send information identifying a frequency at which an application, downloaded on a user device, is to send geographic location information to the network device. The network device is configured further to receive personal information associated with a plurality of social networking applications from the application on the user device. The network device is configured further to receive the geographic location information from the application; and send the personal information and the geographic location information to a plurality of social networking servers associated with a plurality of social networking applications.