Geocoding Personal Information

• US 20150262393A1
• Filed: 05/26/2015
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Conway, David P., Bliss, Adam
• Granted Patent: US 10,055,862 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3874 Structures specially adapted for data searching and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/15 Correlation function computation including computation of convolution operations arithmetic circuits for sum of products per se, e.g. multiply-accumulators G06F7/5443; digital filters, e.g. FIR, IIR, adaptive filters H03H17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/20 Drawing from basic elements, e.g. lines or circles
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for generating geocoded user information is disclosed. The method comprises searching user data across multiple different data corpuses for entries having location-related information and determining locations for the location-related information. The method further comprises generating a map showing a current location of a mobile device along with representations of the entries having location-related information, at the determined locations, for entries from the multiple different data corpuses.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating geocoded user information, comprising:

searching user data across multiple different data corpuses for entries having location-related information;

determining locations for the location-related information;

generating a map showing a current location of a mobile device along with representations of the entries having location-related information, at the determined locations, for entries from the multiple different data corpuses.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein data for displaying the map is received from a remote server and data for the entries is received from a local device and overlaid on the map.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, over the map, icons representing entries for events that are a determined distance from an outer edge of a geography displayed by the map.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a panning action on the map, and updating a display of the map and the entries to match a new location on the map.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the panning action is instituted automatically using a location sensor in the local device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically displaying detail information for an entry that is closest to the device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a icons at the determined locations, where each icon corresponds to a corpuses in which an entry occurs.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining locations for the location-related information comprises transmitting descriptive location-based data to a remote server and receiving in response geocoded information.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising submitting a query associated with the user data to a remote local search engine and displaying icons representative of data received in response to the query along the representations of the entries.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising tracking a location of the device using a module separate from an application for generating the map, registering location information with the module, and alerting the application for generating the map when the registered location information is near a location of the device.

11. A tangible medium having recorded and stored thereon instructions that, when executed, performs actions including:

searching user data across multiple different data corpuses for entries having location-related information;

determining locations for the location-related information;

generating a map showing a current location of a mobile device along with descriptions of the entries having location-related information, at the determined locations, for entries from the multiple different data corpuses.

12. The medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions for generating a map further include instructions for displaying, over the map, icons representing entries that are a determined distance from an outer edge of a geography displayed by the map.

13. The medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions for generating a map further include instructions for receiving a panning action on the map, and updating a display of the map and the entries to match a new location on the map.

14. The medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions for generating a map further include instructions for displaying icons at the determined locations, where each icon corresponds to a corpuses in which an entry occurs.

15. The medium of claim 11, wherein determining locations for the location-related information comprises transmitting descriptive location-based data to a remote server and receiving in response geocoded information.

16. A computer-implemented navigation system, comprising:

a location scraper to search for entries having location-related information in user data associated with a plurality of applications;

a location resolution module to determine locations for the location-related information; and

a user data mapping module to generate mapping information that includes a map having indicators for the entries from a plurality of applications.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the location resolution module is programmed to submit textual address information to a remote server and to receive geocoded information in response.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the location scraper is programmed to analyze data from a calendar application, a contacts application and a tasks application.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the mapping module overlays icons representative of each of the applications, at locations for the location-related information, over a map generated using information obtained from a remote server.