Shared Image Database With Geographic Navigation
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1. A computer-implemented method executed on a mobile communications device, comprising:
- receiving a name of a location from a user interface;
configuring the device for wirelessly accessing a shared image database and causing a search of the shared image database, using as a search criterion the name of the location, for at least one image stored in the shared image database; and
displaying on the device a view of one or more images corresponding to the name of the location.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
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1. A computer-implemented method executed on a mobile communications device, comprising:
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receiving a name of a location from a user interface; configuring the device for wirelessly accessing a shared image database and causing a search of the shared image database, using as a search criterion the name of the location, for at least one image stored in the shared image database; and displaying on the device a view of one or more images corresponding to the name of the location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A mobile communications device adapted for interacting with an image database shared by a plurality of users, the device comprising:
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a user interface for receiving a name of a location; a memory coupled to a processor for instructing a transceiver to wirelessly access a shared image database and cause a search of the shared image database, using as a search criterion the name of the location, for at least one image corresponding to the name of the location; and a display for displaying a view of one or more images corresponding to the name of the location. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium storing computer code that, when loaded into a mobile communications device, adapts the device to:
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receive a name of a location from a user interface; configure the device to wirelessly access a shared image database and cause a search of the image database, using as a search criterion the name of the location, for at least one image stored in the shared image database; and display on the device a view of one or more images corresponding to the name of the location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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