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System and method for context enhanced mapping

  • US 8,583,668 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2008
  • Issued: 11/12/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, over a network, a request for a map from a requesting user, the request comprising an identification of a physical location, and a context of the requesting user comprising social criteria, topical criteria and temporal criteria relating to the requesting user;

    in response to receiving the request for a map, mapping, via the network, the physical location;

    in response to receiving the request for a map, formulating, via the network, a query based on the context so to as to search for spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the physical location and the context;

    retrieving, via the network, the spatial, temporal, topical, and social data using a global index of data available to the network comprising a global graph that relates a plurality of entities known to the network with one another; and

    displaying, on a display medium, the map of the physical location and at least some of the retrieved spatial, temporal, topical, and social data.

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