LOCATION BASED MEDIA ITEMS
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1. A method comprising:
- communicating location information associated with a device to a server, the location information including boundary information defining a geographic area depicted by a current map display associated with the device;
receiving at the device media items from the server, the media items comprising vicinity content associated with the location information, the vicinity content comprising content associated with the geographical area defined by the boundary information; and
presenting the media items received at the device to a user.
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Abstract
Media items can be distributed to mobile devices based on the location of the media device. The media items can be associated with location information, which can be examined and distributed to those devices whose proximate area includes the location information associated with the media items.
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39 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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communicating location information associated with a device to a server, the location information including boundary information defining a geographic area depicted by a current map display associated with the device; receiving at the device media items from the server, the media items comprising vicinity content associated with the location information, the vicinity content comprising content associated with the geographical area defined by the boundary information; and presenting the media items received at the device to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving current location information associated with a current location of a mobile device, the current location information including boundary information defining a geographic area depicted by a current map display associated with the device; filtering a plurality of media items based on a geographic area defined by the boundary information identified by the location information, the media items comprising content associated with the geographic area defined by the boundary information; and transmitting the filtered media items to the mobile device for presentation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
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a positioning system operable to derive location information associated with a device; a preferences engine operable to receive and store preferences associated with a user of the device; a communications interface operable to communicate preferences and location information associated with the device to a server, the communications interface being further operable to receive media items from the server based on the preferences and location information, wherein the media items include content based on the preferences and the location information; and a user interface operable to overlay the media items onto a map section and present the map section to a user associated with the device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system comprising:
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a communications interface operable to receive location information associated with a current location of a mobile device and user preferences associated with the mobile device; a location based media engine operable to identify one or more media items based on the one or more user preferences and a geographic area proximate to a location associated with the received location information, the one or more media items comprising content associated with the geographic area and identified by user preferences; and the communications interface being further operable to overlay the media items onto a map section and to communicate the map section with the overlay to the mobile device for presentation to a user associated with the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method comprising:
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communicating route information associated with a device to a server, the route information comprising an origin and a destination; receiving at the device media items from the server, the media items being associated with vicinity content related to the route information, the vicinity content comprising content associated with a geographical area proximate to a route associated with the route information; and presenting the media items received at the device to a user. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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