Character expression in a geo-spatial environment
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- generating a community network of user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles associated with a specific geographic location;
associating a first user with a first user profile of the user profiles;
providing a first character expression associated with the first user profile of the user profiles;
generating a first display view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, the first character expression, and the first user profile of the user profiles represented at a location in the three-dimensional map view associated with the specific geographic location of the first user profile of the user profiles; and
simultaneously representing other user profiles adjacent to the first user profile of the user profiles in the three-dimensional map view.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system of character expression in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a community network of user profiles, each user profile associated with a specific geographic location, associating a first user with a first user profile, providing a first character expression associated with the first user profile, generating a first display view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, the first character expression, and the first user profile represented at a location in the three-dimensional map view associated with the specific geographic location of the first user profile, and simultaneously representing other user profiles adjacent to the first user profile in the three-dimensional map view. The method may also include providing elements as a part of a commerce transaction and enabling the commerce transaction via a user profile.
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37 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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generating a community network of user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles associated with a specific geographic location; associating a first user with a first user profile of the user profiles; providing a first character expression associated with the first user profile of the user profiles; generating a first display view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, the first character expression, and the first user profile of the user profiles represented at a location in the three-dimensional map view associated with the specific geographic location of the first user profile of the user profiles; and simultaneously representing other user profiles adjacent to the first user profile of the user profiles in the three-dimensional map view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system, comprising:
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a geo-spatial environment; a community network module of the geo-spatial environment, to include user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles to include a specific geographic location; a character expression module of the geo-spatial environment to generate character expressions associated with the user profiles; a map module of the geo-spatial environment to include map data which serves as a basis to render a three-dimensional map view in the geo-spatial environment which identifies at least some residences, businesses, and civic structures having specific geographic locations; and a display module of the geo-spatial environment to generate a display view of the three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, a first user profile of the user profiles, and a first character expression of the character expressions associated with the first user profile of the user profiles represented at a location in the three-dimensional map view associated with the specific geographic location of the first user profile of the user profiles, and simultaneously to represent other user profiles adjacent to the first user profile of the user profiles in the three-dimensional map view. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A geo-spatial environment, comprising:
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a first instruction set to enable a community network, to include a map database associated with map data and a user database associated with user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles associated a specific geographic location identifiable in the map data; and a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set to generate a character expression associated with a first user profile of the user profiles; and a third instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set to display a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, the first user profile of the user profiles, the character expression, and simultaneously to represent other user profiles adjacent to the first user profile of the user profiles in the three-dimensional map view, wherein the first user profile is displayed at a location in the three-dimensional map view associated with the specific geographic location of the first user profile. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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