Geo-Trip Notes

• US 20120144287A1
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maphook Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Maphook Incorporated
• Inventors: Carter, Paul Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 8,832,094 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A user may use a mobile device to request information related to a selected topic or a point of interest. A location of the mobile device may be determined to provide the user with informational content related to the selected topic or point of interest. The mobile device may receive and display the informational content as a set of search results. The user may select search results to review content referenced by the selected search results. A verification process or step may ensure that the selected information is relevant to the selected topic or determined location, and a link may be generated relating the topic, the selected search result(s), and the determined location. Moreover, a rating system may be used to provide an indication of the relevancy of search results. Thereafter, users may be provided access to the link when located in close proximity to the determined location.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by an application of a mobile device, data related to a plurality of places of interest, each place of interest having been previously selected by a user of the mobile device to be received by the application, and wherein the data related to the plurality of places of interest includes user-created content that was previously created by the user for a first place of interest of the plurality of places of interest;

displaying, by the application, a geographic map and one or more identifiers, wherein each identifier of the one or more identifiers is overlaid on the geographic map to provide a visual indication of a geographic location of one of the plurality of places of interest; and

for a first identifier of the one or more identifiers that provides the visual indication of the geographic location of the first place of interest and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, displaying, by the application, text from the user-created content, wherein the text from the user-created content was previously created by the user for the first place of interest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data related to the plurality of places of interest further includes second user-created content that was previously created by a second user for a second place of interest of the plurality of places of interest.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

for a second identifier of the one or more identifiers that provides the visual indication of the geographic location of the second place of interest and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, displaying, by the application, second text from the second user-created content that was previously created by the second user for the second place of interest.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first identifier and the text from the user-created content are overlaid on the geographic map to provide a visual indication of a geographic location of the first place of interest.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the text from the user-created content includes text from a user opinion of the first place of interest written by the user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving input from the user, the input representing an approval of the user to allow one or more other users access to the user opinion of the first place of interest; and

publishing the user opinion of the first place of interest to the one or more others users.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-created content was previously created at a computing device different than the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the user, input modifying the user-created content resulting in modified user-created content; and

displaying with the one or more identifiers and the geographic map, text from the modified user-created content.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

for the first identifier and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, displaying, by the application, second text from second user-created content that was previously created by a second user for the first place of interest.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of user-created content is displayed in the display screen with the geographic map and the one or more identifiers for each place of interest represented by the one or more identifiers.

11. A mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing computer readable instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to;

receive, by an application, data related to a plurality of places of interest, each place of interest having been previously selected by a user of the mobile device to be received by the application, and wherein the data related to the plurality of places of interest includes user-created content that was previously created by the user for a first place of interest of the plurality of places of interest;

display, by the application, a geographic map and one or more identifiers, wherein each identifier of the one or more identifiers is overlaid on the geographic map to provide a visual indication of a geographic location of one of the plurality of places of interest; and

for a first identifier of the one or more identifiers that provides the visual indication of the geographic location of the first place of interest and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, display, by the application, text from the user-created content, wherein the text from the user-created content was previously created by the user for the first place of interest.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the data related to the plurality of places of interest further includes second user-created content that was previously created by a second user for a second place of interest of the plurality of places of interest.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the memory further stores computer readable instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

for a second identifier of the one or more identifiers that provides the visual indication of the geographic location of a second place of interest and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, display, by the application, second text from the second user-created content that was previously created by the second user for the second place of interest.

14. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the first identifier and the text from the user-created content are overlaid on the geographic map to provide a visual indication of a geographic location of the first place of interest.

15. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the text from the user-created content includes text from a user opinion of the first place of interest written by the user.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the memory further stores computer readable instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive input from the user, the input representing an approval of the user to allow one or more other users access to the user opinion of the first place of interest; and

publish the user opinion of the first place of interest to the one or more others users.

17. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the user-created content was previously created at a computing device different than the mobile device.

18. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the memory further stores computer readable instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the user, input modifying the user-created content resulting in modified user-created content; and

display with the one or more identifiers and the geographic map, text from the modified user-created content.

19. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the memory further stores computer readable instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

for the first identifier and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, display, by the application, second text from second user-created content that was previously created by a second user for the first place of interest.

20. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein a portion of user-created content is displayed in the display screen with the geographic map and the one or more identifiers for each place of interest represented by the one or more identifiers.