CONTEXT RELATED LOCATION BASED CONTENT
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1. A method comprising:
- determining a location of a device that is capable of running a plurality of applications, including a mapping program configured to display a map;
determining a context of the mapping program that is running on the device, wherein the context of the mapping program indicates a particular object encountered or to be encountered at a particular time or display object location within the mapping program during use of the mapping program;
identifying location-based content that is related to the location of the device and is related to the particular object encountered or to be encountered at the particular time or display object location within the mapping program during use of the mapping program, wherein said identifying is based on both the location of the device and the context of the mapping program; and
rendering the identified location-based content within the context of the mapping program, wherein said rendering comprises contextually integrating a display of a textual conveyance of the identified location- based content including information other than an identity of an entity into content displayed on the device by the mapping program such that the identified location-based content is displayed, on the map, relative to a display of the location of the device on the map and while maintaining user interaction with the mapping program .
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Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, location based content may be obtained from a remote network based at least in part on a determined location of a wireless device. The location based content that is obtained is further suitable for a context of an application running on the wireless device. At a suitable time and/or location within the application, the location based content may be rendered in the application within the context of the application without interrupting interaction by the user with the application.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a location of a device that is capable of running a plurality of applications, including a mapping program configured to display a map; determining a context of the mapping program that is running on the device, wherein the context of the mapping program indicates a particular object encountered or to be encountered at a particular time or display object location within the mapping program during use of the mapping program; identifying location-based content that is related to the location of the device and is related to the particular object encountered or to be encountered at the particular time or display object location within the mapping program during use of the mapping program, wherein said identifying is based on both the location of the device and the context of the mapping program; and rendering the identified location-based content within the context of the mapping program, wherein said rendering comprises contextually integrating a display of a textual conveyance of the identified location- based content including information other than an identity of an entity into content displayed on the device by the mapping program such that the identified location-based content is displayed, on the map, relative to a display of the location of the device on the map and while maintaining user interaction with the mapping program . - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a location of a device that is capable of running a plurality of applications, including a mapping program configured to display a map; means for determining a context of the mapping program running on the device, wherein the context of the mapping program indicates a particular object encountered or to be encountered at a particular time or display object location within the mapping program during use of the mapping program; means for identifying location-based content that is related to the determined location of the device and to the particular object encountered or to be encountered at the particular time or display object location within the mapping program during use of the mapping program, wherein said identifying is based on both the location of the device and the context of the mapping program; and means for rendering the identified location-based content within the context of the mapping program, wherein said rendering comprises contextually integrating a display of a textual conveyance of the identified location-based content including information other than an identity of a business into content displayed on the device by the mapping program such that the identified location-based content is displayed, on the map, relative to a display of the location of the device on the map and while maintaining user interaction with the mapping program. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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21. An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable storage medium having instructions executable by a computing platform to:
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determine a location of a device that is capable of running a plurality of applications, including a mapping program configured to display a map; determine a context of the mapping program running on the device, wherein the context of the mapping program indicates a particular object encountered or to be encountered at a particular time or display object location within the mapping program during use of the mapping program; identify location-based content that is related to the determined location of the device and to the particular object encountered or to be encountered at the particular time or display object location within the mapping program during use of the mapping program, wherein said identifying is based on both the location of the device and the context of the mapping program; and render the identified location-based content within the context of the mapping program, wherein said rendering comprises contextually integrating a display of a textual conveyance of the identified location-based content including information other than an identity of a business into content displayed on the device by the mapping program such that the identified location-based content is displayed, on the map, relative to a display of the location of the device on the map and while maintaining user interaction with the mapping program. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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