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SELECTING CONTENT ITEMS USING MAP CONTEXTS BY BACKGROUND APPLICATIONS

  • US 20180356243A1
  • Filed: 06/08/2017
  • Published: 12/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for selecting content items based on map contexts by background applications and for rendering the selected content items on a map, the system comprising:

  • at least one computing device; and

    a map engine executed on the at least one computing device and adapted to;

    generate a map context, wherein the map context comprises a current location of the at least one computing device;

    provide the generated map context to one or more of a plurality of applications;

    in response to the provided map context, receive one or more content items from one or more applications of the plurality of applications, wherein each content item is associated with a location and each content item was selected by an application of the plurality of applications based on the map context;

    render a map on a display associated with the at least one computing device; and

    render the received one or more content items on the rendered map based on the locations associated with the received one or more content items and the location of the at least one computing device.

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