System and method for aggregating and distributing geotagged content

• US 8,655,873 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2011
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tai Technologies Inc. (Crisis24)
• Original Assignee: Geofeedr, Inc.
• Inventors: Mitchell, Scott, Harris, Philip B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Obisesan, Augustine K
• Application Number:
  US13/284,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20130110631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 844 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/724
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

A system and method for aggregating and distributing geotagged content comprises a server, a database, and a user interface. A user accesses the user interface to identify a spatial area and request content from a plurality of content providers that is geotagged with a location within the identified spatial area. The user interface may be on a webpage.

Claims

1. A system for aggregating and distributing geotagged geofeed of content, comprising:

a server having a network connection; and

a storage accessible by the server, wherein the server is programmed by computer program instructions to;

provide a user interface comprising a representation of a geographic location, the user interface in electronic communication with a user computer and configured to receive an identification of a spatial area relative to the representation of a geographic location;

translate data relating to the identified spatial area into geographically-identifying information suitable for requesting content from at least one of the plurality of content providers;

obtain a plurality of geotagged content from a plurality of content providers, the plurality of geotagged content relevant to the identified spatial area and based on the translated data;

obtain at least first content that is not already geotagged when received from one or more of the plurality of content providers; and

automatically identify a location at which the first content was created based on;

(i) metadata associated with the first content, or (ii) image recognition on the first content;

wherein the plurality of geotagged content is aggregated from the plurality of content providers, filtered by a filter, and archived at the storage based on a time that the plurality of geotagged content was individually created, and wherein the archived geotagged content is to be distributed over a network to the user computer.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of geotagged content comprises photos and texts uploaded to the plurality of content providers by users of social networking sites.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the user interface comprises a webpage.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the user interface comprises an interface for an application of a mobile device.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of geotagged content is sorted by a content ranking determined by the system.

6. The system of claim 1,

wherein the location at which the first content was created is identified based on metadata associated with the first content.

7. The system of claim 1, the server is further programmed to:

wherein the location at which the first content was created is identified based on image recognition of the first content.

8. The system of claim 1, the server is further programmed to:

annotate a first geotagged content that was obtained from a first content provider; and

upload the annotated first geotagged content back to the first content provider.

9. A method of aggregating and distributing geotagged geofeed of content, the method being implemented on a computer having one or more processors programmed with computer program instructions, the method comprising:

providing, by the one or more processors programmed with computer program instructions, a user interface comprising a representation of a geographic location, the user interface in electronic communication with a user computer and configured to receive an identification of a spatial area relative to the representation of a geographic location;

translating, by the one or more processors, data relating to the identified spatial area into geographically-identifying information suitable for requesting content from at least one of the plurality of content providers;

obtaining, by the one or more processors, a plurality of geotagged content from a plurality of content providers, the plurality of geotagged content relevant to the identified spatial area and based on the translated data;

obtaining, by the one or more processors, at least first content that is not already geotagged when received from one or more of the plurality of content providers; and

automatically identifying, by the one or more processors, a location at which the first content was created based on;

(i) metadata associated with the first content, or (ii) image recognition on the first content;

wherein the plurality of geotagged content is aggregated from the plurality of content providers, filtered by a filter, and archived at the storage based on a time that the plurality of geotagged content was individually created, and wherein the archived geotagged content is to be distributed over a network to the user computer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of geotagged content comprises photos and texts uploaded to the plurality of content providers by users of social networking sites.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface comprises a webpage.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface comprises an interface for an application of a mobile device.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of geotagged content is sorted by a content ranking determined by the system.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the location at which the first content was created is identified based on metadata associated with the first content.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the location at which the first content was created is identified based on image recognition of the first content.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

annotating, by the one or more processors, a first geotagged content that was obtained from a first content provider; and

uploading, by the one or more processors, the annotated first geotagged content back to the first content provider.