SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT FOR A POINT OF INTEREST

• US 20130332890A1
• Filed: 06/05/2013
• Published: 12/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: RAMIC, Haris, LEONG, Su Chuin, ELLIS, Brian Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US13/911,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20130332890A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/852
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/006 Representation of non-cartographic information on maps, e.g. population distribution, wind direction, radiation levels, air and sea routes
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

A system and method for providing content for a point of interest are provided. One or more two-dimensional content items are provided for display on a user interface of an electronic device, where each of the one or more two-dimensional content items represents a corresponding point of interest. A user selection of one of the one or more two-dimensional content items is received. A three-dimensional content item corresponding to a point of interest that is represented by the selected two-dimensional content item is provided in response to receiving the user selection of the one of the one or more two-dimensional content items.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing content for a point of interest, the method comprising:

providing one or more two-dimensional content items for display on a user interface of an electronic device, wherein each of the one or more two-dimensional content items represents a corresponding point of interest;

receiving a user selection of one of the one or more two-dimensional content items; and

providing, in response to receiving the user selection of the one of the one or more two-dimensional content items, a three-dimensional content item for display, wherein the three-dimensional content item corresponds to a point of interest that is represented by the selected two-dimensional content item.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user-designated geographical location,

wherein the one or more two-dimensional content items represent one or more corresponding points of interest that are located at or near the received user-designated geographical location.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more two-dimensional content items represent one or more corresponding points of interest that are located at or near a prior user-designated geographical location.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user interaction with respect to the three-dimensional content item; and

adjusting display of the three-dimensional content item based on a type of the user interaction.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the user interaction is a pinch-type user interaction, and

wherein the three-dimensional content item is adjusted to zoom in or zoom out in response to the pinch-type user interaction.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the user interaction is a tilt-type interaction about an axis, and

wherein the three-dimensional content item is adjusted to tilt about the axis in response to the tilt-type user action.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more two-dimensional content items is pictorial preview of a corresponding point of interest.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the provided three-dimensional content item is a fly-through sequence from a first location on a three-dimensional interactive map to the point of interest that is represented by the selected two-dimensional pictorial preview.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein providing the one or more two-dimensional content items further comprises automatically selecting the one or more two-dimensional content items based on a type of the electronic device.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a three-dimensional representation of the Earth, and

wherein the one or more two-dimensional content items represent one or more preselected points of interest that are of global interest for the Earth.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more two-dimensional content items represent one or more corresponding points of interest that are located at or near a prior user-designated geographical location.

11. A system for providing content for a point of interest, the system comprising:

one or more processors, and

a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising;

providing one or more two-dimensional content items for display on a user interface of an electronic device, wherein each of the one or more two-dimensional content items represents a corresponding point of interest;

receiving a user selection of one of the one or more two-dimensional content items;

providing, in response to receiving the user selection of the one of the one or more two-dimensional content items, a three-dimensional content item for display, wherein the three-dimensional content item corresponds to a point of interest that is represented by the selected two-dimensional content item;

receiving a user interaction with respect to the three-dimensional content item; and

adjusting display of the three-dimensional content item based on a type of the user interaction.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a user-designated geographical location,

wherein the one or more two-dimensional content items represent one or more corresponding points of interest that are located at or near the received user-designated geographical location.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the user interaction is a pinch-type user interaction, and

wherein the three-dimensional content item is adjusted to zoom in or zoom out in response to the pinch-type user interaction.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the user interaction is a tilt-type interaction about an axis, and

wherein the three-dimensional content item is adjusted to tilt about the axis in response to the tilt-type user action.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the one or more two-dimensional content items is pictorial preview of a corresponding point of interest.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the provided three-dimensional content item is a fly-through sequence from a first location on a three-dimensional interactive map to the point of interest that is represented by the selected two-dimensional pictorial preview.

18. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user-designated geographical location; and

providing one or more two-dimensional content items for display on a user interface of an electronic device, wherein each of the one or more two-dimensional content items represents a corresponding point of interest that is located at or near the received user-designated geographical location;

receiving a user selection of one of the one or more two-dimensional content items;

providing, in response to receiving the user selection of the one of the one or more two-dimensional content items, a three-dimensional content item for display, wherein the three-dimensional content item corresponds to a point of interest that is represented by the selected two-dimensional content item;

receiving a user interaction with respect to the three-dimensional content item; and

adjusting display of the three-dimensional content item based on a type of the user interaction.

19. An electronic device comprising:

a processor;

memory and a display;

the processor configured to provide a user interface depicting a three-dimensional representation of the Earth from a view of a virtual camera,

wherein the processor is configured to change the view of the virtual camera in response to input directed to a first area of the user interface according to a three-dimensional heuristic, and

wherein the processor is configured to provide a graphical selection element in a second area of the user interface and respond to input directed to the second area of the user interface according to a two-dimensional heuristic.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the three-dimensional heuristic maps one or more input gestures to at least one of the following commands:

pan the virtual camera, zoom the virtual camera, rotate the virtual camera, tilt the virtual camera, or rotate the three-dimensional representation of the Earth.

21. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the two-dimensional heuristic maps one or more input gestures to at least one of the following commands:

carry out an action associated with the graphical selection element, display a different graphical selection element.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the input gesture is a swipe gesture and the two-dimensional heuristic maps the swipe gesture to the command to display a different graphical selection element.

23. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the graphical selection element comprises a filmstrip having a plurality of individual frames, each frame corresponding to an item of content associated with geographic areas shown in the view of the virtual camera.

24. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein at least one graphical selection element corresponds to a tour of a geographic area and the processor, in response to selection of the tour, carries out an action to provide a tour and provides the tour by moving the camera within the three-dimensional representation of the Earth.

25. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the first area of the user interface depicts the three-dimensional representation of the Earth and the second area of the user interface comprises an overlay within the first area of the user interface.