METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR BROWSING SPOT INFORMATION

• US 20140025291A1
• Filed: 09/23/2013
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Po-Yen, Chen, Chien-Wen, Yeh, Pai-Chang, Lian, Li-Wen
• Granted Patent: US 9,354,792 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/454
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3874 Structures specially adapted for data searching and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for browsing spot information, adapted to an electronic device, are provided. In the present method, a plurality of spot information are retrieved, in which each of the spot information at least comprises a picture and a location of a spot. Next, an electronic map is displayed and a spot marker is marked at the spot location of each spot information on the electronic map. Meanwhile, a spot browsing bar is displayed on a side of the electronic map and the spot pictures of the spot information are sequentially displayed in the spot browsing bar. When a select operation of a certain spot marker on the electronic map is received, the spot browsing bar is scrolled to show the spot picture corresponding to the selected spot marker.

Claims

1. An information browsing method applicable to an electronic device for browsing information associated with a picture, comprising:

retrieving from a social network website a plurality of pictures and location information, wherein the plurality of pictures comprises custom created pictures and pictures retrieved from the social network website, wherein at least one of the plurality of picture corresponds to at least one of the retrieved location information;

displaying an electronic map and placing markers according to the location information on the electronic map;

displaying a browsing bar on a side of the electronic map, and sequentially displaying the pictures in the browsing bar;

receiving a select operation of one of the pictures in the browsing bar; and

highlighting the marker corresponding the selected picture.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

shifting a display area of the electronic map to show the marker corresponding to the selected picture.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a select operation of one of the markers on the electronic map; and

highlighting the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

scrolling the browsing bar to show the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein in response to the select operation of one of the markers on the electronic map, the method further comprising:

displaying a note block from the selected marker, wherein the note block displays an icon representing the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of displaying the note block further comprises:

displaying information corresponding to the selected marker, wherein the information comprises a name, a category, an address, a phone number, or a website information corresponding to the selected marker.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein after the step of displaying the note block from the selected marker, the method further comprising:

displaying an add option for adding a favorite marker, and displaying a send option for sending an information of the favorite marker to other members of the social network website.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of retrieving from the social network website a plurality of pictures and location information, further comprising:

connecting to a mobile device through a wired communication or a wireless communication; and

retrieving the pictures and location information stored in the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

executing a positioning function;

obtaining a current location of the mobile device;

displaying the electronic map of a predetermined range around the current location; and

marking all of the markers in the predetermined range of the electronic map.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a display module;

a spot information retrieving module configured for retrieving from a social network website a plurality of pictures and location information, and the plurality of pictures comprises custom created pictures and pictures retrieved from the social network website wherein at least one of the plurality of picture corresponds to at least one of the retrieved location information;

an electronic map module configured for displaying an electronic map and placing markers according to the location information on the electronic map;

a spot browsing bar module configured for displaying a browsing bar on a side of the electronic map, and sequentially displaying the pictures in the browsing bar; and

an input module configured for receiving a select operation, wherein in response to the select operation of one of the pictures in the browsing bar, the electronic map module is further configured for highlighting the marker corresponding the selected picture.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the electronic map module is further configured for shifting a display area of the electronic map to show the marker corresponding to the selected picture.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein in response to the input module receiving a select operation of one of the markers on the electronic map, the spot browsing bar module is further configured for highlighting the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the electronic map module is further configured for scrolling the browsing bar to show the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein in response to the input module receiving the select operation of one of the markers on the electronic map, the device further comprises:

a note block module configured for displaying a note block from the selected marker, wherein the note block displays an icon representing the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the note block module is further configured for:

displaying information corresponding to the selected marker, wherein the information comprises a name, a category, an address, a phone number, or a website information corresponding to the selected marker.

16. The device of claim 14, wherein the note block module is further configured for:

displaying information corresponding to the member sharing the selected picture, wherein the information comprises a name, a creation date, or a picture of the member sharing the selected picture.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein after the note block module displays the note block from the selected marker, the note block module is further configured for:

displaying an add option for adding a favorite marker, and displaying a send option for sending an information of the favorite marker to other members of the social network website.

18. The device of claim 10 further comprising:

a connection unit configured for connecting to a mobile device through a wired communication or a wireless communication; and

the spot information retrieving module retrieves the pictures with corresponding location information stored in the mobile device.

19. The device of claim 10, wherein the map displaying module is further configured for displaying a picture of the member sharing the selected picture at a corner of the selected picture.

20. A non-transitory storage medium comprising a plurality of computer readable programming codes to be loaded into an electronic device to execute functions comprising:

retrieving from a social network website a plurality of pictures and location information, wherein the plurality of pictures comprises custom created pictures and pictures retrieved from the social network website, wherein at least one of the plurality of picture corresponds to at least one of the retrieved location information;

displaying an electronic map and placing markers according to the location information on the electronic map;

displaying a browsing bar on a side of the electronic map, and sequentially displaying the pictures in the browsing bar;

receiving a select operation of one of the pictures in the browsing bar; and

highlighting the marker corresponding the selected picture.