Unstructured Text Processing for Geolocation Verification

Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for verifying geographical location information are costly and time-consuming, requiring significant human effort and resources, especially when dealing with conflicting or outdated address data.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of systems and methods that leverage natural language processing and digital activity footprints to automate the verification of geographical location information, prioritizing addresses based on recency, source trustworthiness, and proximity, thereby reducing the need for manual verification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple sets of people are employed to physically verify geographical location information, then accuracy of location verification is improved, but cost and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of location verificationVSAvoidtime consumption for verification

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by allowing the data system itself to automatically verify and update geographical location information using digital activity footprints, eliminating the need for human inspectors to physically visit locations. The system processes unstructured text data and automatically determines accurate addresses through algorithmic analysis of digital footprints from multiple sources.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of physical inspection by human personnel with an automated electronic system that processes digital activity footprints. Instead of people traveling to locations, the system uses computational methods to analyze digital data (search queries, social media posts, transaction records) to determine current geographical locations automatically.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Reliability

If multiple sets of people are employed to physically verify geographical location information, then accuracy of location verification is improved, but cost increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of location verificationVSAvoidcost of verification

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by allowing the data system itself to automatically verify and update geographical location information using digital activity footprints, eliminating the need for human inspectors to physically visit locations. The system processes unstructured text data and automatically determines accurate addresses through algorithmic analysis of digital footprints from multiple sources.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of physical inspection by human personnel with an automated electronic system that processes digital activity footprints. Instead of people traveling to locations, the system uses computational methods to analyze digital data (search queries, social media posts, transaction records) to determine current geographical locations automatically.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If traditional methods are used to verify geographical location information, then comprehensive verification can be performed, but productivity is reduced due to manual processes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompleteness of verificationVSAvoidverification throughput

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by continuously collecting and processing digital activity footprints in the background before verification is needed. Digital footprints from multiple sources are gathered and analyzed in advance, so when location verification is required, the system can quickly retrieve pre-processed information rather than conducting new physical inspections.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of physical inspection by human personnel with an automated electronic system that processes digital activity footprints. Instead of people traveling to locations, the system uses computational methods to analyze digital data (search queries, social media posts, transaction records) to determine current geographical locations automatically.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11822562B2Unstructured text processing for geographical location determination system

Publication Date: 2023.11.21 CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC

AI summary

Aspects described herein include systems and methods for determining addresses for assets, prioritizing the addresses for inspection by users, and applying natural language processing techniques to unstructured text input by the users. According to some aspects, a message may be received that includes unstructured text that was input by a user. The unstructured text may be associated with an inspection, by the user, of an address for an asset. One or more natural language techniques may be applied to the unstructured text to, among other things, facilitate the determination and sending of a response message to the unstructured text in an automated fashion. The response message may, if the asset was not found, include another address as a suggestion for the user to inspect for the asset. This suggested address may be determined based on changes to address priority that were caused by processing of the unstructured text.