ASSOCIATING A PHOTO WITH A GEOGRAPHIC PLACE

• US 20150153934A1
• Filed: 10/23/2012
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: ZHEREBTSOV, Nikolay, DORKO, Gyuri, GROENINK, Karen
• Granted Patent: US 9,298,705 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A system and method for associating a photo with a geographic place is provided. Indication of user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo is received. Based on the user input requesting suggestions, one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo are determined, the one or more suggestions for the place being proximate to the mapped location of the photo. The determined one or more suggestions for the place are provided for display. Indication of user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place is received. The selected place is associated with the photo. The associated place and the mapped location of the photo are provided for display.

Claims

1. A machine-implemented method of associating a photo with a geographic place, the method comprising:

obtaining, using one or more processors, a mapped location of a photo;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo;

determining, based on the user input requesting suggestions, using the one or more processors, one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo, wherein the one or more suggestions for the place are proximate to the mapped location of the photo;

providing, using the one or more processors, the determined one or more suggestions for the place for display;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place;

associating, using the one or more processors, the selected place with the photo;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input to associate the photo with being indoors;

associating, in response to the received indication to associate the photo with being indoors, the photo with being indoors; and

generating, using the one or more processors, a display of a map in a user interface, wherein the display of the map includes the photo overlaid on the map at the location corresponding to the selected place.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the mapped location of the photo comprises accessing metadata of the photo, the metadata including the mapped location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the mapped location of the photo comprises receiving indication of user input corresponding to the mapped location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input requesting suggestions is associated with a general location interface,

wherein the determining the one or more suggestions further comprises determining one or more alternate mapped locations of the photo, and

wherein the providing the determined one or more suggestions further comprises providing the determined one or more suggestions together with the one or more alternate mapped locations for display in the general location interface.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving indication of user input, via the general location interface, the user input selecting one of the alternate mapped locations; and

updating the mapped location of the photo with the selected alternate mapped location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the associating comprises providing an interface prompting the user to associate the selected place with the photo.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input requesting suggestions is associated with a specific place interface, and

wherein the providing the determined one or more suggestions comprises providing only the determined one or more suggestions for display in the specific place interface.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the receiving the indication of user input selecting one place automatically associates the selected place with the photo.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving indication of user input to disassociate the selected place from the photo; and

disassociating, in response to the received indication to disassociate, the selected place from the photo.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the mapped location of the photo comprises latitude and longitude coordinates for the photo.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the associating further comprises retaining the mapped location of the photo.

9. (canceled)

13. A system for displaying photos associated with places, 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;

obtaining, using the one or more processors, a mapped location of a photo;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo;

determining, based on the user input requesting suggestions, using the one or more processors, one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo, wherein the one or more suggestions for the place are proximate to the mapped location of the photo;

providing, using the one or more processors, the determined one or more suggestions for the place for display;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place;

associating, using the one or more processors, the selected place with the photo while retaining the mapped location of the photo;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input to associate the photo with being indoors;

associating, in response to the received indication to associate the photo with being indoors, the photo with being indoors;

providing, using the one or more processors, the associated place and the mapped location of the photo for display;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input to browse photos associated with places; and

in response to the received indication to browse the photos associated with places;

providing a first set of photos for display in a first user interface, wherein each of the photos in the first set of photos is associated with a different place;

providing for display of a map in a second user interface, wherein the display of the map includes at least one photo from the first set of photos overlaid on the map at a location corresponding to the associated place of the at least one photo;

receiving indication of a user selection of a photo displayed within the first user interface or the second user interface;

providing a second set of photos for display in the first user interface, wherein each of the photos in the second set of photos is associated with the same place as that of the selected photo; and

providing for updated display of the map in the second user interface, wherein the updated display of the map includes at least one photo from the second set of photos overlaid on the map at a location corresponding to the associated place of the at least one photo from the second set of photos.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein each of the photos in the first set of photos comprises a mapped location.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein for each of the photos in the first set of photos, the mapped location differs from the location corresponding to the associated place of the photo.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the mapped location corresponds to latitude and longitude coordinates for each of the photos in the first set of photos.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein each of the photos in the second set of photos comprises a mapped location.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein for each of the photos in the second set of photos, the mapped location differs from the location corresponding to the associated place of the photo.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the updated display of the map for the at least one photo from the second set of photos is at the mapped location.

20. A machine-implemented method of processing a photo, the method comprising:

obtaining, using one or more processors, a mapped location of a photo;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo;

determining, based on the user input requesting suggestions, using the one or more processors, one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo, wherein the one or more suggestions for the place are proximate to the mapped location of the photo;

providing, using the one or more processors, the determined one or more suggestions for the place for display;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place;

associating, using the one or more processors, the selected place with the photo while retaining the mapped location of the photo;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input to associate the photo with being indoors;

associating, in response to the received indication to associate the photo with being indoors, the photo with being indoors;

providing, using the one or more processors, the associated place and the mapped location of the photo for display;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of user input to browse photos associated with places; and

in response to the received indication to browse the photos associated with places;

providing, using the one or more processors, a first set of photos for display in a first user interface, wherein each of the photos in the first set of photos is associated with a different place;

providing, using the one or more processors, for display of a map in a second user interface, wherein the display of the map includes at least one photo from the first set of photos overlaid on the map at a location corresponding to the associated place of the at least one photo;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of a user selection of a photo displayed within the first user interface or the second user interface;

providing, using the one or more processors, a second set of photos for display in the first user interface, wherein each of the photos in the second set of photos is associated with the same place as that of the selected photo; and

providing, using the one or more processors, for updated display of the map in the second user interface, wherein the updated display of the map includes at least one photo from the second set of photos overlaid on the map at the mapped location of the at least one photo.