Interactive image display and selection system

• US 10,459,967 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Horsetooth Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: Horsetooth Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Croteau, Keith G., Geise, Doran J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Flora, Nurun N
• Application Number:
  US15/629,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20170286453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/532 Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

An interactive image selection and display system having a image selection and display application that makes maps, images, and media stored in one or more server computers available to client devices in a common format including a graphic user interface depicted on a display surface which allows a user to select within an interactive visual representation a target area and view a plurality of images presented in serial order concurrent with the presentation of a location identifier matched to each image on the display surface and to further select one or more of the plurality of images for concurrent still presentation on the display surface and to retrieve media associated with each selected image and to retrievably store the interactive visual representation, target area, selected images, and associated media as an image bucket file.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

one or more server computers;

a visual navigation space generator which retrieves a visual representation of a geographic area from said one or more server computers;

a visual frame generator which generates a visual frame in said visual representation of said geographic area to bound a target area;

an image retrieval module which retrieves a plurality of images from an image database, said plurality of images correspondingly matched to target locations in said target area; and

an image selection controller which selects a subset of said plurality of images, each of said subset of said plurality of images correspondingly matched to said target area locations within said target area,

wherein said visual frame generator adjusts said visual frame in said visual representation of said area to alter bounds of said target area,

said visual frame generator adjusts said visual frame to exclude a portion of said target area matched to locations corresponding to deletion of one or more of said subset of said plurality of images, or

said visual frame generator adjusts said visual frame to extend a portion of said target area matched to locations corresponding to addition of one or more of images from said image database into said subset of plurality of images.

7. The computer system of any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, wherein said image retrieval module displays a visual location indicator in said visual representation of said area to identify said image location matched to said subset of said plurality of images.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein said image retrieval module highlights said visual location indicator in said visual representation of said area to identify said image location matched to said image displayed on said display surface.

9. The computer system of any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, further comprising a visual image presentation controller which commences serial order display of said subset of said plurality of images on a display surface.

10. The computer system of any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, further comprising a visual field generator which displays a first visual field, said visual representation of said geographic area displayed in said first visual field.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein said visual field generator displays a second visual field, said plurality of images displayed in said second visual field.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein said visual field generator displays a third visual field, said subset of images displayed in said third visual field.

2. A computer system, comprising:

one or more server computers;

a visual navigation space generator which retrieves a visual representation of a geographic area from said one or more server computers;

a visual frame generator which generates a visual frame in said visual representation of said geographic area to bound a target area;

an image retrieval module which retrieves a plurality of images from an image database, said plurality of images correspondingly matched to target locations in said target area; and

an image selection controller which selects a subset of said plurality of images, each of said subset of said plurality of images correspondingly matched to said target area locations within said target area;

wherein said visual frame generator adjusts said visual frame in said visual representation of said area based on selection of at least one target area criteria which includes addition or deletion of one or more of said subset of said plurality of images.

3. A computer system, comprising:

one or more server computers;

a visual navigation space generator which retrieves a visual representation of a geographic area from said one or more server computers;

a visual frame generator which generates a visual frame in said visual representation of said geographic area to bound a target area;

an image retrieval module which retrieves a plurality of images from an image database, said plurality of images correspondingly matched to target locations in said target area; and

an image selection controller which selects a subset of said plurality of images, each of said subset of said plurality of images correspondingly matched to said target area locations within said target area,

wherein said image retrieval module displays said subset of said plurality of images on a display surface,

wherein said visual frame generator adjusts said visual frame displayed in said visual representation of said area based on deletion of one or more of said subset of images displayed on said display surface, or

wherein said visual frame generator adjusts said visual frame displayed in said visual representation of said area based on addition of one or more images retrieved from said image database into said subset of images displayed on said display surface.

4. A computer system, comprising:

one or more server computers;

a visual navigation space generator which retrieves a visual representation of a geographic area from said one or more server computers;

a visual frame generator which generates a visual frame in said visual representation of said geographic area to bound a target area;

an image retrieval module which retrieves a plurality of images from an image database, said plurality of images correspondingly matched to target locations in said target area; and

an image selection controller which selects a subset of said plurality of images, each of said subset of said plurality of images correspondingly matched to said target area locations within said target area;

a data save module which saves data associated with said subset of images in a non-transitory computer readable medium;

wherein said data save module based on said data associated with said subset of images executable to;

display said visual representation of said geographic area; and

display said subset of images correspondingly associated to location coordinates in said visual representation of said geographic area,

said visual representation of said geographic area adjusted to bound said location coordinates associated with said subset of images.

5. A computer system, comprising:

one or more server computers;

a visual navigation space generator which retrieves a visual representation of a geographic area from said one or more server computers;

a visual frame generator which generates a visual frame in said visual representation of said geographic area to bound a target area;

an image retrieval module which retrieves a plurality of images from an image database, said plurality of images correspondingly matched to target locations in said target area; and

an image selection controller which selects a subset of said plurality of images, each of said subset of said plurality of images correspondingly matched to said target area locations within said target area;

a data save module executable to save data associated with said subset of images in a non-transitory computer readable medium;

a data transfer module executable to;

transfer said data associated with said subset of said plurality of images from said non-transitory computer readable medium to one or more computer devices;

display of said visual representation of said geographic area; and

display of said subset of images correspondingly associated to location coordinates in said visual representation of said geographic area, said visual representation of said geographic area adjusted to bound said location coordinates associated with said subset of images.

6. The computer system of claim 5, further comprising a pricing request transferred to said one or more computer devices, said pricing request including said data associated with said subset of images.