Virtual Trip Generation Using Location Data and Recommendations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital camera and recorder systems require manual creation of slideshows and lack integration of additional content, such as personalized maps and recommendations for locations, making it difficult to create a comprehensive virtual trip experience.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a recommendation engine to identify and integrate recommended locations based on user content, generating a virtual trip that includes user photographs, videos, maps, and multimedia items associated with these locations, and allows sharing with personalized content tailored to the target user's preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual slideshow creation is used, then user control over content selection is maintained, but the time and effort required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically analyzes user photos and videos, extracts location information using GPS data, and generates virtual trip presentations without requiring manual user intervention. The computer performs the curation work itself by identifying geographic locations, selecting relevant content, and assembling the presentation autonomously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-processes user media content by embedding geographic location data during or after capture, organizing photos and videos by location before the virtual trip generation is requested. This preliminary organization enables rapid automatic presentation creation when the user initiates a virtual trip.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional slideshows are used, then only user-generated content is displayed, but additional contextual information such as maps and recommendations cannot be integrated
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges user-generated photos and videos with externally sourced geographic information, maps, and location-based recommendations into a unified virtual trip presentation. Multiple content types from different sources are combined to create a comprehensive trip experience that includes both user content and contextual information.
Solution Approach 2:
Geographic location data serves as an intermediary that connects user photos/videos with map information and location-based recommendations. The system uses GPS coordinates embedded in media files to retrieve and integrate relevant geographic context, creating a bridge between personal content and external information sources.
3Loss of information
If automatic virtual trip generation is implemented, then comprehensive content including maps and recommendations is provided, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a multi-functional architecture where a single virtual trip generation module handles diverse tasks including photo analysis, location extraction, map integration, recommendation generation, and presentation assembly. This universal approach consolidates multiple functions into one system rather than requiring separate specialized components for each task.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses standardized data structures and templates for organizing virtual trip content, copying proven organizational patterns from existing slideshow and presentation systems. By adapting established content models to the virtual trip context, the system reduces complexity while maintaining comprehensive information delivery.
Data Source
AI summary
A set of user content items, such as a set of photographs or audio or video recordings, is used to identify recommended locations. Each item of user content in the set includes a geographical identifier and a time-stamp indicative of the location and time of origin of the item. The items of user content are placed in time-order, and a route is determined that links, in time-order, the locations identified by the geographical identifiers. A recommended location is then identified, from a database of recommended locations, that is located near the determined route but is not geographically coincident with the locations of any of the items of user content. Information for a map containing the route and an illustration of the identified location are sent to a terminal device for presentation to a user.