System and method for providing geographic information in private webpage

• US 8,346,479 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Kwon, Chan-Young, Kim, Jae-Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu, Yonel
• Application Number:
  US13/416,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 298 Days
• Field of Search: 701/400, 701/454, 701/468, 701/470, 701/461
• US Class Current: 701/461
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3889 Transmission of selected map data, e.g. depending on route
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing

Abstract

A geographic information providing system in a personal webpage is disclosed. The geographic information providing system can include a GPS information storing unit, receiving GPS coordinate information related to a location of a user and additional information from a mobile communication terminal and storing the received GPS coordinate information and additional information; a map data loading unit, loading map data having a location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information if a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information is received; and a temporary layer generating controlling unit, generating a temporary layer to mark the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information on a loaded map in a form capable of being identified by the user and providing control information for displaying the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system for providing geographic information on a webpage, the system comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more units executable by the at least one processor, the one or more units comprising;

a GPS information storing unit configured to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate information related to a location of a user terminal and information related to the location comprising one of text information, image information, or video information transmitted from the user terminal and to store the received GPS coordinate information on a storage device and the information related to the location using a user identification;

a map data loading unit configured to load map data of the location comprising adjacent map data of the location by converting the GPS coordinate information to coordinate information of the map data in response to receipt of a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and the information related to the location; and

a temporary layer generating controlling unit configured to generate a temporary layer to display the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information associated with the information related to the location.

2. A method using a processor for providing geographic information on a webpage, the method comprising:

receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate information related to a location of a user terminal and information related to the location comprising one of text information, image information, or video information transmitted from the user terminal and storing the GPS coordinate information and the information related to the location using a user identification;

loading map data of the location comprising adjacent map data of the location by converting, by the processor, the GPS coordinate information to coordinate information of the map data in response to receipt of a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and the information related to the location;

displaying the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate on the loaded map; and

providing the information related to the location in association with a web page.

3. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising executable computer programs, which when executed by one or more processors, performs the following method:

receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate information related to a location of a user terminal and information related to the location comprising one of text information, image information, or video information transmitted from the user terminal and storing the GPS coordinate information and the information related to the location using a user identification;

loading map data of the location comprising adjacent map data of the location by converting the GPS coordinate information to coordinate information of the map data in response to receipt of a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and the information related to the location;

displaying the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate on the loaded map; and

providing the information related to the location in association with a web page.

4. An apparatus comprising:

a storage device; and

a processor configured to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate information related to a location of a user terminal and information related to the location comprising one of text information, image information, or video information transmitted from the user terminal, wherein the received GPS coordinate information and the information related to the location are stored in the storage device using a user identification, and the processor is configured to load map data of the location comprising adjacent map data of the location by converting the GPS coordinate information to coordinate information of the map data in response to receipt of a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and the information related to the location, wherein a temporary layer is generated to display the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information associated with the information related to the location.