SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GEOGRAPHICALLY DELINEATED CONTENT

• US 20150201030A1
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Co Everywhere, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Co Everywhere, Inc.
• Inventors: Longo, Anthony, Adams, Daniel Alan
• Application Number:
  US14/572,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20150201030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that provide geographically delineated content. In one implementation, a system comprises an interface configured to receive, from a user device, a user input identifying a geographic location, a location-based service including a distributed computer system having at least one processor in data communication with the interface, a delineation component executable by the at least one processor and configured to query at least one social media content provider and aggregate geographically delineated content generated by one or more user, the content being received from the at least one social media content provider responsive to the received user input, and a relation component executable by the at least one processor and configured to determine a heatmap visualization from the aggregated geographically delineated content.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

an interface configured to receive, from a user device, a user input identifying a geographic location;

a location-based service including a distributed computer system having at least one processor in data communication with the interface;

a delineation component executable by the at least one processor and configured to query at least one social media content provider and aggregate geographically delineated content generated by one or more user, the content being received from the at least one social media content provider responsive to the received user input; and

a relation component executable by the at least one processor and configured to determine a heatmap visualization from the aggregated geographically delineated content.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the heatmap visualization is defined by a volume of the geographically delineated content.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user input further includes one or more query parameters.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the geographically delineated content includes at least social media content.

5. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a communication component configured distribute to one or more user devices the aggregated geographically delineated content.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the heatmap visualization includes an image of the geographic location and a neighboring area geographically proximate the geographic location.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the image includes at least one of, a street map, a satellite image, a mass transit map, and a schematic illustration of a detectable activity.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the user device further includes a device interface configured to display the heatmap visualization.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the heatmap visualization includes a plurality of indicators disposed on the image, wherein the plurality of indicators indicate the volume of the geographically delineated content.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the device interface is further configured to display the geographically delineated content in response to activation of one of the plurality of indicators disposed on the image.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the relation component is further configured to automatically amend the user input responsive to at least the heatmap visualization.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the relation component is further configured to:

determine metrics of the aggregated geographically delineated content;

compare the metrics of the geographically delineated content to metrics of geographically delineated content of the neighboring area geographically proximate the geographic location; and

amend the user input responsive to the comparison.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the metrics include at least one of geographically delineated content provider, post source volume, content type, hashtags, @mentions, geographic location, and computer vision meta data.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the relation component is further configured to:

determine a trend in the aggregated geographically delineated content;

compare the trend to the geographically delineated content of the neighboring area geographically proximate the geographic location; and

amend the user input responsive to the comparison.

15. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a content database configured to store the aggregated geographically delineated content.

16. The system according to claim 1, wherein the relation component is further configured to filter the aggregated geographically delineated content responsive to activation of a filter.

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein the filter includes one of geographic location shape, time period, content source, content type, hashtags, image content computer vision topic, keywords, @mentions, venue, user age, user sex, use topic interest, user domicile, and user influence level.

18. A computer system comprising:

an interface configured to receive, from a client, an input identifying a geographic location;

a location-based service including a distributed computer system having at least one processor in data communication with the interface;

a delineation component executable by the at least one processor and configured to query at least one social media content provider and aggregate geographically delineated content generated by one or more user, the content being received from the at least one social media content provider responsive to the received input; and

a relation component executable by the at least one processor and configured to determine a heatmap visualization from the aggregated geographically delineated content.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the heatmap visualization is defined by a volume of the geographically delineated content.

20. The system according to claim 18, wherein the input further includes one or more query parameters.

21. The system according to claim 18, wherein the geographically delineated content includes at least social media content.

22. The system according to claim 18, further comprising a communication component configured distribute to one or more clients the aggregated geographically delineated content.

23. The system according to claim 22, wherein the heatmap visualization includes an image of the geographic location and a neighboring area geographically proximate the geographic location.

24. The system according to claim 23, wherein the image includes at least one of, a street map, a satellite image, a mass transit map, and a schematic illustration of a detectable activity.

25. The system according to claim 24, wherein the heatmap visualization includes a plurality of indicators disposed on the image, wherein the plurality of indicators indicate the volume of the geographically delineated content.

26. The system according to claim 18, wherein the relation component is further configured to automatically amend the input responsive to at least the heatmap visualization.

27. The system according to claim 26, wherein the relation component is further configured to:

determine metrics of the aggregated geographically delineated content;

compare the metrics of the geographically delineated content to metrics of geographically delineated content of the neighboring area geographically proximate the geographic location; and

amend the input responsive to the comparison.

28. The system according to claim 27, wherein the metrics include at least one of geographically delineated content provider, post source volume, content type, hashtags, @mentions, geographic location, and computer vision meta data.

29. The system according to claim 26, wherein the relation component is further configured to:

determine a trend in the aggregated geographically delineated content;

compare the trend to the geographically delineated content of the neighboring area geographically proximate the geographic location; and

amend the input responsive to the comparison.

30. The system according to claim 18, further comprising a content database configured to store the aggregated geographically delineated content.

31. The system according to claim 18, wherein the relation component is further configured to filter the aggregated geographically delineated content responsive to activation of a filter.

32. The system according to claim 18, wherein the filter includes one of geographic location shape, time period, content source, content type, hashtags, keywords, @mentions, venue, user age, user sex, use topic interest, user domicile, and user influence level.

33. A computer-executed method comprising acts of:

receiving an input identifying a geographic location;

querying at least one social media content provider responsive to the received input;

aggregating geographically delineated content from the at least one social media provider, the geographically delineated content being received from the at least one social media content provider; and

determining a heatmap visualization from the aggregated geographically delineated content.

34. The method according to claim 33, wherein receiving an input identifying a geographic location further comprises receiving an input from one or more user devices.

35. The method according to claim 33, wherein receiving an input identifying a geographic location further comprises receiving an input from one or more client devices.

36. The method according to claim 33, further comprising an act of defining the heatmap visualization by a volume of the geographically delineated content.

37. The method according to claim 33, wherein receiving an input further includes an act of receiving query parameters.

38. The method according to claim 33, further comprising an act of distributing the aggregated geographically delineated content.

39. The method according to claim 38, further comprising an act of displaying the heatmap visualization, wherein the heatmap visualization includes an image of the geographic location and a neighboring area geographically proximate the geographic location.

40. The method according to claim 39, wherein the act of displaying the heatmap visualization includes an act of displaying at least one of, a street map, a satellite image, a mass transit map, and a schematic illustration of a detectable activity.

41. The method according to claim 39, wherein the act of displaying the heatmap visualization includes an act of displaying a plurality of indicators disposed on the image, wherein the plurality of indicators indicate the volume of the geographically delineated content.

42. The method according to claim 41, further comprising an act of displaying the geographically delineated content in response to activation of one of the plurality of indicators disposed on the image of the geographic location.

43. The method according to claim 33, further comprising an act of automatically amending the input responsive to at least determining the heatmap visualization.

44. The method according to claim 43, wherein amending the input includes acts of:

determining metrics of the aggregated geographically delineated content;

comparing the metrics of the geographically delineated content to metrics of geographically delineated content of the neighboring area geographically proximate the geographic location; and

amending the input responsive to the comparison.

45. The method according to claim 44, wherein the act of determining metrics of the aggregated geographically delineated content includes an act of determining at least one of geographically delineated content source, post source volume, content type, hashtags, @mentions, geographic location, and computer vision meta data.

46. The method according to claim 43, wherein amending the input further includes acts of:

determining a trend in the geographically delineated content;

comparing the trend to the geographically delineated content of the neighboring area geographically proximate the geographic location associated with the user input; and

amending the input based on the comparison.

47. The method according to claim 33, further comprising an act of storing the geographically delineated content.

48. The method according to claim 48, further comprising an act of filtering the aggregated geographically delineated content.

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