METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GEOSPATIAL AND TEMPORAL NAVIGATION

• US 20140142848A1
• Filed: 02/03/2014
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Labs Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chen, Yih-Farn, Di Fabbrizio, Giuseppe, Gibbon, David, Jana, Rittwik, Jora, Serban, Renger, Bernard S., Wei, Bin
• Granted Patent: US 8,909,473 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/532
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and apparatus for processing at least one information feed are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one content via at least one automated feed. The method associates the at least one content to one or more geographical locations on a map, wherein the one or more geographical locations are determined from the at least one content. The method then presents an access to the at least one content to a user via the map.

Claims

1. A method for processing an information feed, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a content via an automated feed;

associating, by the processor, the content to a plurality of geographical locations on a map, wherein the plurality of geographical locations is mined from a textual content of the content; and

presenting, by the processor, an access to the content to a user via the map.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the automated feed is a really simple syndication feed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of geographical locations comprises a city.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of geographical locations is associated with a coordinate system comprising a latitudinal parameter and a longitudinal parameter.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the access to the content is presented as a plurality of symbols on the map.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein accessing one of the plurality of symbols on the map causes a link to the content to be displayed.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the accessing the one of the plurality of symbols on the map further displays a second symbol for accessing a universal resource locator.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the map comprises a picture-in-picture display, where accessing one of the plurality of symbols on the map causes a geographic location to be displayed in the picture-in-picture display.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is tracked temporally over a period of time.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

providing an indication of intensity of frequency associated with the content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the intensity of frequency associated with the content comprises an intensity of a number of events associated with one of the plurality of geographical locations.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of geographical locations is determined directly from the content.

13. A tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for processing an information feed, the operations comprising:

receiving a content via an automated feed;

associating the content to a plurality of geographical locations on a map, wherein the plurality of geographical locations is mined from a textual content of the content; and

presenting an access to the content to a user via the map.

14. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the automated feed is a really simple syndication feed.

15. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein one of the plurality of geographical locations is associated with a coordinate system comprising a latitudinal parameter and a longitudinal parameter.

16. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the access to the content is presented as a plurality of symbols on the map.

17. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein accessing one of the plurality of symbols on the map causes a link to the content to be displayed.

18. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the accessing the one of the plurality of symbols on the map further displays a second symbol for accessing a universal resource locator.

19. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the content is tracked temporally over a period of time.

20. An apparatus for processing an information feed, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a content via an automated feed;

associating the content to a plurality of geographical locations on a map, wherein the plurality of geographical locations is mined from a textual content of the content; and

presenting an access to the content to a user via the map.