System and method for displaying images in an online directory
First Claim
1. A method for providing information regarding an object, the method comprising:
- determining a location;
determining a range surrounding the location;
identifying an object within the range for which information is to be provided;
displaying information regarding the identified object, wherein the displayed information includes an image representative of the identified object; and
displaying a map, wherein the map includes an identifier of the location and an identifier of the identified object.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for generating an online listing, such as a yellow pages listing, that includes information about an object, such as a business, and also includes at least one image of the structure containing the object. For example, the image may be a digital image of the store front of a business taken at a street view. Additionally, a user may select an image from a plurality of images that the user perceives as being an appropriate representative image for the business. Based on votes received a default representative image may be identified that is provided in response to a request for information about the business.
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61 Claims
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1. A method for providing information regarding an object, the method comprising:
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determining a location;
determining a range surrounding the location;
identifying an object within the range for which information is to be provided;
displaying information regarding the identified object, wherein the displayed information includes an image representative of the identified object; and
displaying a map, wherein the map includes an identifier of the location and an identifier of the identified object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a computer system having a computer-readable medium including a computer-executable program therein for performing a method for providing information regarding an object, the method comprising:
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selecting an object;
identifying a plurality of images related to the selected object;
displaying on a graphical user interface a representative image of the object; and
displaying on the graphical user interface, in addition to the representative image, at least one of the plurality of the identified images related to the object. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A computer-accessible medium having instructions stored thereon that direct a computing system to:
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provide a plurality of images representative of an object;
receive a user'"'"'s vote for an image of the plurality of images; and
select an image of the plurality of images with a majority of received votes as an image representative of the object. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for correlating a plurality of images having associated geographic locations with an address, the method comprising:
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associating a geographic location with the address;
defining a boundary surrounding the geographic location associated with the address; and
correlating with the address images having an associated geographic location within the defined boundary. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A computer system for defining boundaries surrounding street addresses, the computer system including a processor and memory, wherein the computer system is configured to execute computer instructions that cause the processor to:
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obtain geographic coordinates for a first street address;
define a first boundary that includes the obtained geographic coordinates;
identify a second street address located on a same side of a street as the first street address; and
define for the second street address a second boundary, wherein the second boundary includes a geographic area adjacent to the first boundary. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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