Social Information Distribution via Broadcast Wave

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing social information providing systems face challenges in timely delivery of dynamic social information due to line congestion or disconnection, especially during emergencies, making it difficult for users to access necessary information.

Innovation Solution

A social information providing system that collects and analyzes data from various sources, distributing it via a broadcast wave using a social information distribution apparatus and user terminal apparatus, allowing for optimized format acquisition and presentation of time-series social information, even in areas with communication disruptions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If social information is distributed via Internet access, then users can acquire information away from home, but line congestion or disconnection occurs during emergencies making information inaccessible

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessibilityVSAvoidcommunication reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a broadcast wave transmission system as an intermediary channel between the information distribution apparatus and user terminals. This mediator (broadcast wave) enables information delivery without relying on bidirectional communication lines, thus resolving the reliability issue during emergencies while maintaining accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments information distribution into two independent channels: Internet-based bidirectional communication for normal operations and broadcast wave unidirectional transmission for emergency scenarios. This segmentation allows each channel to operate optimally in its designated context, preventing the failure of one from affecting the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If more social information is collected and distributed, then comprehensive analysis and forecasting are enabled, but information overload and transmission complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The information distribution apparatus performs preliminary analysis, classification, and formatting of social information before distribution. By pre-processing information into structured formats and categorizing it according to user needs and emergency levels, the system reduces transmission complexity while maintaining information completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides different information formats and levels of detail to different users based on their specific needs, locations, and emergency situations. This localized information quality approach ensures comprehensive information coverage while optimizing transmission efficiency for each user segment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11165524B2Social information providing system, social information distribution apparatus, and user terminal apparatus
Publication Date: 2021.11.02 KK TOSHIBA
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AI summary

According to one embodiment, a social information distribution apparatus apportions and accumulates, for items classified, basic information including a position of each of a plurality of information sources and social information transmitted in time series from each of the plurality of information sources, analyzes the accumulated social information, modifies and processes the social information, updates the social information as some of the items, selects social information to be broadcast, determines a broadcast format including at least classification of broadcast ranges, a broadcasting time, and a repetition count within the broadcasting time when broadcasting the selected social information, and transmits the selected social information to a designated broadcast range by a broadcast wave.