Broadcast map program method employing point-of-interest, geo-coordinate validation by a trusted person

• US 20160054134A1
• Filed: 10/22/2015
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Never-Search, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Never-Search, Inc.
• Inventors: Kreft, Keith
• Granted Patent: US 9,599,479 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3811 Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3878 Hierarchical structures, e.g. layering
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 3/08 Use of electric radiation detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/235 Update request formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

An map display method wherein a point of interest is displayed on a map, the geo-coordinates updated by a trusted person and then stored for subsequent display to the displays of a plurality of different computers such as through the internet.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

causing a point of interest to be displayed at a first location on a geographical map on a computer display;

receiving geo-coordinate data from the geographical map that indicates a second more representative location for the point of interest;

wherein the second location is different than the first location;

storing said geo-coordinate data of the second location of the point of interest as a database entry that is associated with said point of interest; and

, thereafter,

providing the second location geo-coordinate data of the point of interest through the internet to a plurality of map display programs for display on a plurality of displays associated with a plurality of computers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the database entry for said point of interest is made by a trusted party, wherein a trusted party comprises a manager or owner of the point of interest, or authorized individual, or otherwise trustworthy person.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the database entry geo-coordinate data of the point of interest is configured such that it may be updated only by a trusted party.

4. A method, comprising:

receiving from a first source, first information regarding a point of interest;

receiving from a second source that is different than the first source, second information regarding said point of interest;

causing, to be displayed, on a display screen of the computing device, concurrently on a geographical map, the first point of interest comprising information from said first and said second sources;

after causing the point of interest to be displayed, creating or updating a database entry associated with said point of interest comprising information from either one or both of said first or said second sources;

thereafter,

updating a first map layer independent of a second map layer, wherein the first map layer comprises points of interest and the second map layer comprises a geographical map; and

, thereafter,

causing the display on a plurality of displays of said first and said second map layers.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said first information received from the first source is comprised of a location address of a point of interest, and the second information received from the second source is comprised of geo-coordinate data for said point of interest.

6. A method, comprising:

receiving from a first source, first information regarding a first set of points of interest;

receiving from a second source that is different than the first source, second information regarding a second set of points of interest;

creating or updating database entries associated with said first and said second sets of points of interest comprising the information received regarding the first and said second sets of points of interest;

updating a first map layer independent of a second map layer, wherein the first map layer comprises points of interest data from said database and the second map layer comprises a geographical map; and

, thereafter,

causing the display on a plurality of displays said first and said second map layers.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said updating step comprises selectively updated the first map layer with point of interest data associated with selected sets of points of interest.

8. A method, comprising:

providing point of interest data sets;

receiving update geo-coordinate data with respect to said point of interest data sets to create validated point of interest data sets;

selectively providing, through the Internet, for display on a plurality of maps, said validated point of interest data sets.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

associating point of interest data sets with a trusted party comprising an owner or manager, or authorized individual, or otherwise trustworthy person;

verifying, before creating said validated point of interest data sets, that said update geo-coordinate data with respect to said point of interest data sets has been received from a trusted party.

10. A method comprising:

providing first and second points of interest data sets;

receiving update data with respect to said first or second point of interest data sets to create first or second update point of interest data sets; and

selectively providing said first or second update point of interest data sets to a computer configured to display a map from one or more map layers, including at least a geographical map layer and a point of interest map layer;

wherein

the computer is configured to selectively obtain the data for said point of interest map layer from local, first and second point of interest data sets associated with said computer; and

further wherein

said computer is configured to store said first or second update point of interest data sets into a corresponding one of said local, first and second point of interest data sets associated with said computer.