SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT ENHANCED MAPPING WITHIN A USER INTERFACE

• US 20100083169A1
• Filed: 09/30/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Higgins, Christopher Williams, Kalaboukis, Christopher, Davis, Marc Eliot, Martinez, Ronald, Athsani, Athellina, O'Sullivan, Joseph James, Paretti, Christopher T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,108,778 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A system and method for Context Enhanced Mapping. A request is received from a user over a network for a map comprising an identification of a physical location, and at least one criteria. The physical location is mapped. Spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the physical location and criteria is retrieved using a global index of data available to the network and prioritized for inclusion based upon the user and context of the request. The map of the physical location and at least some of the retrieved spatial, temporal, topical, and social data is displayed on a user interface.

Claims

1. A user interface visibly displayed on a computing device, comprising:

a first portion comprising a map of a region, the map comprising a visible indication of an identified location; and

a second portion comprising a plurality of media representing, at least in part, spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to a network and associated with the location, and based on at least one provided criteria associated with the location;

wherein each of the plurality of media are user interactive to enable retrieval of additional spatial, temporal, topical, and social data associated with a selected media.

2. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping.

3. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the first portion and the second portion are at least partially overlapping.

4. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the first portion and the second portion are completely overlapping.

5. The user interface of claim 1, further comprising:

a third portion, the third portion comprising the additional spatial, temporal, topical, and social data associated with a selected media, the third portion is at least partially overlapping of at least one of the first portion and the second portion.

6. The user interface of claim 5, wherein the third portion is at least partially overlapping of at least one of the first portion and the second portion.

7. The user interface of claim 5, wherein the third portion is completely overlapping of at least one of the first portion and the second portion.

8. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media are based at least in part on information associated with an identity of a user.

9. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the map of the region corresponds to an area surrounding the identified location.

10. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the map of the region corresponds to an exact location.

11. The user interface of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of media is a flip-stack icon, the flip-stack icon displaying the additional spatial, temporal, topical, and social data associated with the selected media.

12. The user interface of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of media is an electronic billboard, the electronic billboard displaying information associated with the additional spatial, temporal, topical, and social data associated with the selected media.

13. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the at least one provided criteria is provided by a user.

14. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the location is a physical location.

15. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the location is virtual location.

16. The user interface of claim 1, further comprising the plurality of media associated with the location corresponding to both a virtual location and a physical location, the virtual location and physical location both define the location.

17. A method, comprising:

generating a first portion comprising a map of a region, the map comprising a visible indication of an identified location; and

generating a second portion comprising a plurality of media based at least in part on spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to a network and associated with the location, and based on at least one provided criteria associated with the location;

wherein each of the plurality of media are user interactive to enable retrieval of additional spatial, temporal, topical, and social data associated with a selected media.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the first portion and the second portion are at least partially overlapping.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the first portion and the second portion are completely overlapping.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

generating a third portion, the third portion comprising the additional spatial, temporal, topical, and social data associated with a selected media, the third portion is at least partially overlapping of at least one of the first portion and the second portion.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the third portion is at least partially overlapping of at least one of the first portion and the second portion.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the third portion is completely overlapping of at least one of the first portion and the second portion.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of media is a flip-stack icon, the flip-stack icon displaying the additional spatial, temporal, topical, and social data associated with the selected media.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein the plurality of media are based at least in part on information associated with an identity of a user.

26. The method of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of media is an electronic billboard, the electronic billboard displaying information associated with the additional spatial, temporal, topical, and social data associated with the selected media.

27. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one provided criteria is provided by a user.

28. The method of claim 17, wherein the location is a physical location.

29. The method of claim 17, wherein the location is virtual location.

30. The method of claim 17, further comprising the plurality of media associated with the location corresponding to both a virtual location and a physical location, the virtual location and physical location both define the location.