System and method of providing augmented reality content in synchronized dynamic geolocation areas

• US 10,356,551 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2017
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Garpie, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Garpie, Inc.
• Inventors: Szymczyk, Matthew, Goldberg, Alex, Dalekorej, Anatolij, Tkachuk, Andrii
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, David Q
• Application Number:
  US15/843,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20180176730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 578 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561, 4554563, 455415, 709223, 707706
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/022 with dynamic range variability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

A system and method for creating a synchronized dynamic geolocation area and augmenting a view of the synchronized dynamic geolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters may be provided. An initiating user may generate a dynamic geolocation area that may track the location of the initiating user as the initiating user moves, and indicate content to associate with the geolocation area and one or more display parameters to associate with the content. A recipient user may be provided with an augmented view of the geolocation area based on the content and the display parameters. Further, a location of the recipient user may be synchronized with the geolocation area, such that as the recipient user or the geolocation area move, the augmented view may be modified to account for the movement.

Claims

1. A system for creating a dynamic geolocation area and augmenting a view of the dynamic geolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, program the computer system to;

obtain first location information from an initiating user device associated with an initiating user, wherein the first location information indicates a location of the initiating user device;

generate a geolocation area based on the first location information, wherein the geolocation area corresponds to the location of the initiating user device;

receive an indication of content to be displayed in association with the geolocation area;

obtain information that specifies one or more display parameters for the content;

obtain second location information from a recipient user device associated with a recipient user, wherein the second location information indicates a location of the recipient user device;

determine a relative position of the recipient user device to the geolocation area based on the first location information and the second location information; and

cause an augmented view of the geolocation area to be displayed on the recipient user device, the augmented view of the geolocation area comprising a view of the geolocation area augmented with the content, wherein the content appears in the view of the geolocation area based on the one or more display parameters and the relative position of the recipient user device to the geolocation area.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the geolocation area may be generated based on one or more geofence parameters received from the initiating user via the initiating user device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication of content to be displayed in association with the geolocation area is received from the initiating user via the initiating user device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first location information indicates the location of the initiating user device at a first time, and wherein the computer system is further programmed to:

obtain third location information from the initiating user device, wherein the third location information indicates a location of the initiating user device at a second time;

update the geolocation area based on the third location information;

determine a relative position of the recipient user device to the updated geolocation area; and

cause an augmented view of the updated geolocation area to be displayed on the recipient user device based on the relative position of the recipient user device to the updated geolocation area, wherein the augmented view of the updated geolocation area is different than the augmented view of the geolocation area.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the third location information is obtained from the initiating user device in real-time.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the geolocation area is associated with the first location of the initiating user device at the first time, and wherein to update the geolocation area based on the third location information, the computer system is further programmed to:

associate the geolocation area with the location of the initiating user device at the second time.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer system is further programmed to:

synchronize a recipient user device with the geolocation area based at least on sensor information obtained from one or more sensors associated with the recipient user device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the second location information indicates the location of the recipient user device at a third time, and wherein the computer system is further programmed to:

obtain fourth location information from the recipient user device, wherein the fourth location information indicates a location of the recipient user device at a fourth time;

determine an updated relative position of the recipient user device to the geolocation area based on the fourth location information;

determine that the updated relative position of the recipient user device satisfies a triggering condition associated with the content, wherein the triggering condition is associated with one or more rules for modifying the content subject to satisfaction of the triggering condition; and

responsive to the determination that the updated relative position satisfies the triggering condition associated with the content, modify the content displayed in the augmented view of the geolocation area based on the one or more rules associated with the triggering condition.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more display parameters comprise at least a distance parameter that specifies a predefined distance from the geolocation area at which the content may be displayed in the augmented view of the geolocation area, and wherein to determine the relative position of the recipient user device to the geolocation area, the computer system is programmed to:

determine that the location of the recipient user device is within the predefined distance of the geolocation area based on the first location information and the second location information, wherein the view of the geolocation area is augmented with the content based on the determination that the location of the recipient user device is within the predefined distance of the geolocation area.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more display parameters comprise at least a temporal display parameter that specifies a predefined time period in which the content may be displayed in the augmented view of the geolocation area.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer system is further programmed to:

electronically store multiple content items uploaded by one or more users in a database, wherein the indication of content to be displayed in association with the geolocation area comprises a selection by a user associated with the initiating user device of at least one of the multiple content items uploaded by the one or more users.

12. A computer implemented method of creating a dynamic geolocation area and augmenting a view of the dynamic geolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters, the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, cause the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the computer system, first location information from an initiating user device associated with an initiating user, wherein the first location information indicates a first location of the initiating user device;

generating, by the computer system, a geolocation area based on the first location information, wherein the geolocation area corresponds to the location of the initiating user device;

receiving, by the computer system, an indication of content to be displayed in association with the geolocation area;

obtaining, by the computer system, information that specifies one or more display parameters for the content;

obtaining, by the computer system, second location information from a recipient user device associated with a recipient user, wherein the second location information indicates a location of the recipient user device;

determining, by the computer system, a relative position of the recipient user device to the geolocation area based on the first location information and the second location information; and

causing, by the computer system, an augmented view of the geolocation area to be displayed on the recipient user device, the augmented view of the geolocation area comprising a view of the geolocation area augmented with the content, wherein the content appears in the view of the geolocation area based on the one or more display parameters and the relative position of the recipient user device to the geolocation area.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the geolocation area may be generated based on one or more geofence parameters received from the initiating user via the initiating user device.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the indication of content to be displayed in association with the geolocation area is received from the initiating user via the initiating user device.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the first location information indicates the location of the initiating user device at a first time, and wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the computer system, third location information from the initiating user device, wherein the third location information indicates a location of the initiating user device at a second time;

updating, by the computer system, the geolocation area based on the third location information;

determining, by the computer system, a relative position of the recipient user device to the updated geolocation area; and

causing, by the computer system, an augmented view of the updated geolocation area to be displayed on the recipient user device based on the relative position of the recipient user device to the updated geolocation area, wherein the augmented view of the updated geolocation area is different than the augmented view of the geolocation area.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the third location information is obtained from the initiating user device in real-time.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the geolocation area is associated with the first location of the initiating user device at the first time, and wherein updating the geolocation area based on the third location information comprises:

associating, by the computer system, the geolocation area with the location of the initiating user device at the second time.

18. The method of claim 12, the method further comprising:

synchronizing, by the computer system, a recipient user device with the geolocation area based at least on sensor information obtained from one or more sensors associated with the recipient user device.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the second location information indicates the location of the recipient user device at a third time, the method further comprising:

obtaining, by the computer system, fourth location information from the recipient user device, wherein the fourth location information indicates a location of the recipient user device at a fourth time;

determining, by the computer system, an updated relative position of the recipient user device to the geolocation area based on the fourth location information;

determining, by the computer system, that the updated relative position of the recipient user device satisfies a triggering condition associated with the content, wherein the triggering condition is associated with one or more rules for modifying the content subject to satisfaction of the triggering condition; and

responsive to the determination that the updated relative position satisfies the triggering condition associated with the content, modifying, by the computer system, the content displayed in the augmented view of the geolocation area based on the one or more rules associated with the triggering condition.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more display parameters comprises at least a distance parameter that specifies a predefined distance from the geolocation area at which the content may be displayed in the augmented view of the geolocation area, and determining the relative position of the recipient user device to the geolocation area comprises:

determining, by the computer system, that the location of the recipient user device is within the predefined distance of the geolocation area based on the first location information and the second location information, wherein the view of the geolocation area is augmented with the content based on the determination that the location of the recipient user device is within the predefined distance of the geolocation area.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more display parameters comprises at least a temporal display parameter that specifies a predefined time period in which the content may be displayed in the augmented view of the geolocation area.

22. The method of claim 12, the method further comprising:

electronically storing, by the computer system, multiple content items uploaded by one or more users in a database, wherein the indication of content to be displayed in association with the geolocation area comprises a selection by a user associated with the initiating user device of at least one of the multiple content items uploaded by the one or more users.