Automated authoring tool and method to facilitate inclusion of maps and other geographical data into travelogues
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for generating a geographic travelogue of a trip, comprising:
- obtaining content items associated with the trip, the content items including any piece of information that is displayable on a computing device;
geographically coding the content items to tag the content items with geographic locations associated with the trip to create geo-coded content items; and
automatically integrating the geo-coded content items with other multimedia data associated with the trip to generate the geographic travelogue.
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Abstract
An automated or semi-automated authoring tool and method for incorporating maps and other geographical data in combination with text, photographs, and other multimedia data associated with a trip to produce a travelogue of the trip. The geographical travelogue authoring tool and method includes a number of geographically-oriented features that provide automation and are useful when blending the geographical data into the geographic travelogue. The geographic travelogue authoring method includes obtaining content items that are associated with a trip and geographically coding these content items. This serves to associate a geographic location from the trip with the content item. A map then is selected based on the trip, and the map and the geo-coded content items are automatically integrated with other multimedia data to generate the geographic travelogue.
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37 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for generating a geographic travelogue of a trip, comprising:
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obtaining content items associated with the trip, the content items including any piece of information that is displayable on a computing device;
geographically coding the content items to tag the content items with geographic locations associated with the trip to create geo-coded content items; and
automatically integrating the geo-coded content items with other multimedia data associated with the trip to generate the geographic travelogue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for facilitating automated inclusion of maps and other geographical data into travelogues about a trip, comprising:
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tagging pieces of trip information, which are displayable in the travelogue, with their associated geographic locations from the trip to produce geo-coded content items;
automatically selecting sizes, shapes, and types of maps based on the geographic locations of the geo-coded content items; and
automatically incorporating the maps and the geo-coded content items with other multimedia data to produce a geographic travelogue. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A geographic travelogue authoring system for authoring on a computing device a geographic travelogue of a trip, comprising:
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a content item, wherein the content item includes a piece of information associated with the trip that is displayable on the computing device;
a geographic coder that marks the content item with its associated geographic location from the trip to produce a geo-coded content item;
a map selection module that selects a map that corresponds to the geographic location of the geo-coded content item; and
a content item and map layout module that automatically incorporates the geo-coded content items, maps, and other multimedia data associated with the trip to produce the geographic travelogue.
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