METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AND PRESENTING LOCATION AND LOCATION-RELATED INFORMATION

• US 20170295462A1
• Filed: 06/27/2017
• Published: 10/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IpVenture, Inc.
• Original Assignee: IpVenture, Inc.
• Inventors: Lau, Chung, Tong, Peter P., Thomas, C. Douglass
• Granted Patent: US 10,652,690 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/005 with correlation of navigation data from several sources, e.g. map or contour matching G01C21/30 takes precedence
• 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: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Method and apparatus to analyze and present location information in an easy-to-digest manner are disclosed. In one embodiment, each piece of location information can include a piece of location-designating information and a piece of location-related information. Location-designating information is primarily for identifying location. Location-related information is information related to location-designating information. The location-designating information and the location-related information can be supplied by a mobile device. With the help of location-related information, each piece of location-designating information can be more accurately transformed into a label to help identify a location. The amount of location information can be reduced. All of the location-designating information pertaining to a given area can be consolidated into one piece of location-designating information related to the label. Consolidation of some of the information may not occur if a piece of location-related information changes by more than a preset value. To better present location information in an easy-to-digest manner, location information can be compared to standards. Presentation can be on a display with respect to a reference location.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method operable to facilitate electronically presenting information, the method comprising:

receiving wirelessly image data via a mobile electronic device, the image data being associated with a first location, and the first location being associated with a first time,

wherein the first location depends on at least data from a first measurement, and

wherein the first measurement is from at least a sensor in the mobile electronic device sensing signals related to location;

generating a plurality of choices associated with the first location;

facilitating presenting the plurality of choices to a user of the mobile electronic device;

receiving a selection via the mobile electronic device of one of the choices, the selection being provided by the user of the mobile electronic device;

facilitating presenting on a display at least a part of the image data associated with the first location, together with at least a part of a representation of the selection provided by the user; and

facilitating presenting on the display at least a part of a representation of the first time, with the presentation linked to at least a part of the image data associated with the first location.

2. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

receiving wirelessly comment via the mobile electronic device, the comment being provided by the user of the mobile electronic device; and

facilitating presenting on the display at least a portion of a representation of the comment together with the at least a part of the image data associated with the first location.

3. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the representation of the selection provided by the user is configured to include a representation of a location associated with the first location.