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Trusted Maps: Updating Map Locations Using Trust-Based Social Graphs

  • US 20110238735A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2010
  • Published: 09/29/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of updating location information for a geospatial entity on a map, the method comprising:

  • receiving at a server from a mobile device operated by a first user, a proposed location for a geospatial entity, the proposed location determined by a wireless location system, and based upon a current location of the mobile device;

    providing the proposed location for the geospatial entity to a first plurality of other users;

    receiving votes from the first plurality of other users as to whether the proposed location is correct; and

    responsive to the received votes, determining whether to update the location information for the geospatial entity based upon the proposed location provided by the first user.

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