Usage Map Sector Control for Location-Based API Calls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile computing devices often send API calls to servers based on their location, leading to unnecessary resource usage when the location-based features are not useful, resulting in inefficient use of computational resources and server resources.
Innovation Solution
Implementing usage maps that divide geographic areas into sectors, where each sector is encoded with data to determine which location-based features to enable or disable based on the device's location, allowing applications to selectively use features only when necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If location-based features are always enabled, then application functionality and user experience are improved, but computational resources and server resources are wasted when the features are not useful
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and storing usage maps that indicate whether location-based features should be enabled or disabled for different geographic areas. The mobile device retrieves the appropriate usage map before making API calls, allowing it to preemptively disable unnecessary location-based features based on predicted location, thereby avoiding wasted computational and server resources while maintaining functionality where needed
2Speed
If location-based features are always enabled, then application responsiveness is improved, but unnecessary API calls are made resulting in server strain
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses preliminary action by having the mobile device retrieve and cache usage maps in advance. When the device needs to make an API call, it first checks the cached usage map for the current location. If the usage map indicates location-based features should be disabled, the device preemptively skips the API call, thereby maintaining responsiveness for necessary features while preventing server strain from unnecessary requests
3Loss of energy
If location-based features are selectively disabled, then resource efficiency is improved, but application functionality may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies dynamics by making the enablement status of location-based features adaptive rather than static. The mobile device dynamically determines whether to enable location-based features based on real-time location information and the corresponding usage map. This allows the application to automatically adjust its behavior - disabling features when unnecessary to save resources while enabling them when needed to maintain functionality, thus resolving the contradiction between efficiency and adaptability
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AI summary
Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for controlling location-based features with usage maps. An application running on a device may receive a current location of the device. The application may determine a sector of a usage map that corresponds to the current location of the device. The usage map may be associated with the application and he usage map may include a map of a geographic area divided into sectors. The application may modify the operation of a remote API call of the application based on the sector of the usage map that corresponds to the current location of the device by disabling or rate-limiting the remote API call.