Token-Based Location Sharing for Crowded Meeting Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers and device manufacturers face challenges in helping users locate each other in crowded environments, particularly for scheduled meetings, as existing solutions lack efficient methods for sharing location information without compromising privacy.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating and transmitting token data between devices associated with a scheduled meeting, allowing for secure sharing of location information based on token data, using proximity platforms that connect devices via physical and temporal proximity, near-field communication, and wireless communications to facilitate user location in crowded environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If location information is shared between devices to help users locate each other in crowded environments, then the ability to find users is improved, but privacy security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces token data as an intermediary element that enables location sharing without direct exposure of personal information. The token acts as a mediator between devices, allowing them to recognize each other and share location data while maintaining privacy through anonymized identification mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of location information that can be shared selectively. By using token-based representation rather than direct personal identifiers, the patent enables location sharing while preserving privacy through the use of anonymized data copies.
2Productivity
If token data is transmitted between devices for scheduled meetings, then meeting coordination is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary actions by pre-establishing token data before the actual meeting. Tokens are generated and transmitted in advance, allowing devices to be pre-configured for recognition and location sharing during the meeting event, thereby simplifying the real-time coordination process.
Solution Approach 2:
The token data serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as an identification mechanism, enables location sharing, facilitates meeting coordination, and maintains privacy. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate complex systems for each purpose.
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AI summary
An example approach is provided for causing, at least in part, a generation of token data associated with at least one scheduled meeting between at least one first user and at least one second user. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a transmission of the token data to at least one first device associated with the at least one first user and at least one second device associated with the at least one second user. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a sharing of location information between the at least one first device and the at least one second device based, at least in part, on the token data.