DISPLAYING LOCATION-SPECIFIC IMAGES ON A MOBILE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining a location of a mobile device comprising a location interface unit, the location interface unit configured to calculate the location of the mobile device;
sending, by the location interface unit of the mobile device, information identifying the location of the mobile device to a mobile image system via a wireless communications network, wherein the mobile image system receives monitoring information that specifies the location of the mobile device;
sending, by the mobile device, user identification information to the mobile image system via the wireless communications network, wherein the mobile image system accesses a user profiles database to identify a user profile associated with the user identification information; and
receiving an alert on the mobile device from the mobile image system, the alert including points of interest associated with the user profile associated with the user identification information.
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Abstract
A system is provided for providing location-specific images to a mobile device for display. The system generally comprises three components: a mobile device having a screen, a position identification system (e.g., a GPS receiver) that determines the position of the mobile device, and a database containing location-specific images taken at various locations. Each location-specific image is associated with geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was taken. Based on the position of the mobile device as determined by the position identification system, a location-specific image is selected from the database and displayed on the screen of the mobile device. For example, when a user is using the mobile device as a car navigation system, a location-specific image of the user'"'"'s destination location can be selected and displayed when the determined position of the mobile device comes within a certain distance from the geographic coordinates of the destination location.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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determining a location of a mobile device comprising a location interface unit, the location interface unit configured to calculate the location of the mobile device; sending, by the location interface unit of the mobile device, information identifying the location of the mobile device to a mobile image system via a wireless communications network, wherein the mobile image system receives monitoring information that specifies the location of the mobile device; sending, by the mobile device, user identification information to the mobile image system via the wireless communications network, wherein the mobile image system accesses a user profiles database to identify a user profile associated with the user identification information; and receiving an alert on the mobile device from the mobile image system, the alert including points of interest associated with the user profile associated with the user identification information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computing system, comprising:
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at least one processor; a memory including instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing system to; determine a location of a mobile device comprising a location interface unit, the location interface unit configured to calculate the location of the mobile device; send, by the location interface unit of the mobile device, information identifying the location of the mobile device to a mobile image system via a wireless communications network, wherein the mobile image system receives monitoring information that specifies the location of the mobile device; send, by the mobile device, user identification information to the mobile image system via the wireless communications network, wherein the mobile image system accesses a user profiles database to identify a user profile associated with the user identification information; and receive an alert on the mobile device from the mobile image system, the alert including points of interest associated with the user profile associated with the user identification information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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