Zone-Based Information Presentation for Location-Based Social Media

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in viewing information published at specific geographic positions through microblog and online community platforms, as existing technologies do not efficiently present location-based information.

Innovation Solution

A processor-implemented method and system that acquires a trigger command, selects points of interest, and presents messages and geographic positions from an electronic map divided into zones, allowing users to conveniently browse information at certain locations and dynamically adjust weights for quality improvement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If information is published at specific geographic positions through microblog platforms, then information sharing capability is improved, but user ability to view location-based information deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation sharing capabilityVSAvoiduser ability to view location-based information
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic map is divided into multiple zones, each containing points of interest and associated published information. This segmentation allows the system to manage and retrieve location-based information in organized units, enabling users to efficiently view information at specific geographic positions without overwhelming data processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If the electronic map is divided into multiple zones for organizing information, then information retrieval efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation retrieval efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic map is divided into multiple zones, each containing points of interest and associated published information. This segmentation allows the system to manage and retrieve location-based information in organized units, enabling users to efficiently view information at specific geographic positions without overwhelming data processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The zone structure acts as an intermediary layer between the user's location query and the underlying database of published information. By introducing zones as intermediate organizational units, the system simplifies the complexity of directly querying scattered geographic data points while maintaining efficient retrieval capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If a predetermined number of zones are selected including the center zone, then information completeness is improved, but data processing load increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoiddata processing load
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The system selects a predetermined number of zones including the center zone where the point of interest is located, applying different selection criteria to different spatial regions. The center zone receives full attention while surrounding zones are selected based on their relevance and proximity, optimizing the balance between information completeness and processing load by focusing computational resources on locally important areas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP2856738B1Information presentation method, system, client and/or server
Publication Date: 2017.08.09 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

Systems and methods are provided for presenting information. For example, a trigger command is acquired; one or more first points of interest are selected based on at least information associated with the trigger command; a first zone associated with the first points of interest is acquired from an electronic map, the electronic map being divided into a plurality of second zones including the first zone; a predetermined number of third zones are acquired from the plurality of second zones, the first zone being included at a center area of the third zones; one or more first messages published in the third zones and one or more first geographic positions corresponding to the one or more first messages are acquired; and the first messages published in the third zones and the corresponding first geographic positions are presented according to certain embodiments.