GEOSPATIAL COMMUNITY FACILITATOR
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Abstract
A geospatial community facilitator including a plurality of clients and a server, wherein at least one client includes the geospatial data and a program for communicating the location on the client of the geospatial data to the server, and the server includes a session list, which includes a list of connected clients and the location of the geospatial data of each client, and a program for broadcasting at least the list of connected clients to one or more connected clients.
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28 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A graphical interface enabling a user to view and share geospatial data with one or more members of an online community, the graphical interface comprising:
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a first display element configured to provide a visual representation of each member of the online community, along with a selectable handle for accessing geospatial data accessible from each member of the online community; a second display element configured to graphically display the geospatial data accessed by the user; and a third display element including a field configured to receive user input associated with a conversation between the user and a member of the online community, the third display element further configured to display text transmitted by the user to the member of the online community and to display text received by the user from the member of the online community. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for sharing geospatial data with an online community, comprising the following acts:
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retrieving a session list data structure from a server, the session list data structure listing a location of geospatial data designated as accessible by one or more clients coupled to the server; displaying information describing the one or more clients coupled to the server and a handle associated with geospatial data stored at each client; displaying geospatial data accessed from the one or more clients coupled to the server; and displaying transmitted text and received text representing a real-time chat conversation between a user of a computing device displaying the geospatial data and at least one user of the one or more clients coupled to the server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for sharing geospatial data with an online community, comprising the following acts:
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constructing a session list data structure, the session list data structure including a list of one or more clients connected to a server, the session list data structure further including information regarding a location for geospatial data stored by at least one of the clients; and broadcasting the session list data structure to one or more of the one or more clients. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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Specification