Geo-trip notes

• US 8,832,094 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maphook Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Maphook Incorporated
• Inventors: Carter, Paul Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Spieler, William
• Application Number:
  US13/239,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20120144287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,083 Days
• Field of Search: 707/724
• US Class Current: 707/724
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A user may use a mobile device to request information related to a selected topic or a point of interest. A location of the mobile device may be determined to provide the user with informational content related to the selected topic or point of interest. The mobile device may receive and display the informational content as a set of search results. The user may select search results to review content referenced by the selected search results. A verification process or step may ensure that the selected information is relevant to the selected topic or determined location, and a link may be generated relating the topic, the selected search result(s), and the determined location. Moreover, a rating system may be used to provide an indication of the relevancy of search results. Thereafter, users may be provided access to the link when located in close proximity to the determined location.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by an application of a mobile device and from a server, data related to one or more places of interest, each place of interest having been previously selected by a user of the mobile device;

displaying, by the application, a geographic map, one or more identifiers, and one or more relevancy outputs, wherein each identifier of the one or more identifiers is overlaid on the geographic map to provide a visual indication of a geographic location of a corresponding place of interest from the one or more places of interest, and wherein each of the one or more relevancy outputs represents a relevancy rating that incorporates acceptances and rejections of a corresponding place of interest from the one or more places of interest;

while displaying the one or more identifiers and the one or more relevancy outputs, receiving a user selection between an accept input that represents an acceptance of a first place of interest of the one or more places of interest and a reject input that represents a rejection of the first place of interest, wherein a first relevancy output of the one or more relevancy outputs corresponds to the first place of interest, and wherein the first relevancy output represents a first relevancy rating;

modifying, responsive to the user selection, the first relevancy rating based on whether the user selection selects the accept input or the reject input, resulting in a modified first relevancy rating;

updating, based on the modified first relevancy rating, the first relevancy output such that the first relevancy output and the one or more identifiers are overlaid on the geographic map without further user input; and

transmitting the modified first relevancy rating to the server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data related to the one or more places of interest includes user-created content that was previously created by the user for the first place of interest, and wherein the user-created content includes text created by the user and an image selected by the user;

and wherein the method further comprises;

for a first identifier of the one or more identifiers and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, displaying, by the application, the text created by the user and a link to the user-created content, wherein the text created by the user and the link are overlaid on the geographic map such that the first identifier, the link and the text created by the user together provide the visual indication of the geographic location of the first place of interest.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data related to the one or more places of interest further includes second user-created content that was previously created by a second user for a second place of interest of the one or more places of interest, and wherein the second user-created content includes text created by the second user and an image selected by the second user.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

for a second identifier of the one or more identifiers and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, displaying, by the application, the text created by the second user and a link to the second user-created content, wherein the text created by the second user and the link to the second user-created content are overlaid on the geographic map such that the second identifier, the link to the second user-created content, and the text created by the second user together provide the visual indication of the geographic location of the second place of interest.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the text created by the user includes text from a user opinion of the first place of interest written by the user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving user input representing an approval of the user to allow one or more other users access to the user-created content for the first place of interest; and

publishing the user opinion of the first place of interest to the one or more others users.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the user-created content was previously created at a computing device different than the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving user input modifying the user-created content resulting in modified user-created content; and

displaying with the one or more identifiers and the geographic map, text from the modified user-created content and a link to the modified user-created content, wherein the text from the modified user-created content and the link to the modified user-created content are overlaid on the geographic map such that the first identifier, the link to the modified user-created content, and the text from the modified user-created content together provide the visual indication of the geographic location of the first place of interest.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

providing the link to one or more other users to allow the one or more other users access to the user-created content via the link.

10. A mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing computer instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile device to;

receive, from a server, data related to one or more places of interest, each place of interest having been previously selected by a user of the mobile device;

display a geographic map, one or more identifiers, and one or more relevancy outputs, wherein each identifier of the one or more identifiers is overlaid on the geographic map to provide a visual indication of a geographic location of a corresponding place of interest from the one or more places of interest, and wherein each of the one or more relevancy outputs represents a relevancy rating that incorporates acceptances and rejections of a corresponding place of interest from the one or more places of interest;

while displaying the one or more identifiers and the one or more relevancy outputs, receive a user selection between an accept input that represents an acceptance of a first place of interest of the one or more places of interest and a reject input that represents a rejection of the first place of interest, wherein a first relevancy output of the one or more relevancy outputs corresponds to the first place of interest, and wherein the first relevancy output represents a first relevancy rating;

modify, responsive to the user selection, the first relevancy rating based on whether the user selection selects the accept input or the reject input, resulting in a modified first relevancy rating;

update, based on the modified first relevancy rating, the first relevancy output such that the first relevancy output and the one or more identifiers are overlaid on the geographic map without further user input; and

transmit the modified first relevancy rating to the server.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the data related to the one or more places of interest includes user-created content that was previously created by the user for the first place of interest, and wherein the user-created content includes text created by the user and an image selected by the user;

wherein the data related to the one or more places of interest further includes second user-created content that was previously created by a second user for a second place of interest of the one or more places of interest, and wherein the second user-created content includes text created by the second user and an image selected by the second user; and

wherein the memory further stores computer instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile device to;

for a first identifier of the one or more identifiers and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, display the text created by the user and a link to the user-created content, wherein the text created by the user and the link are overlaid on the geographic map such that the first identifier, the link and the text created by the user together provide the visual indication of the geographic location of the first place of interest.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the memory further stores computer instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile device to:

for a second identifier of the one or more identifiers and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, display the text created by the second user and a link to the second user-created content, wherein the text from the second user-created content and the link to the second user-created content are overlaid on the geographic map such that the second identifier, the link to the second user-created content, and the text created by the second user together provide the visual indication of the geographic location of the second place of interest.

13. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the text created by the user includes text from a user opinion of the first place of interest written by the user.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein the memory further stores computer instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile device to:

receive user input representing an approval of the user to allow one or more other users access to the user-created content for the first place of interest; and

publish the user opinion of the first place of interest to the one or more others users.

15. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the user-created content was previously created at a computing device different than the mobile device.

16. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the memory further stores computer instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile device to:

receive user input modifying the user-created content resulting in modified user-created content; and

display with the one or more identifiers and the geographic map, text from the modified user-created content and a link to the modified user-created content, wherein the text from the modified user-created content and the link to the modified user-created content are overlaid on the geographic map such that the first identifier, the link to the modified user-created content, and the text from the modified user-created content together provide the visual indication of the geographic location of the first place of interest.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer instructions configured to, when executed, cause an apparatus to:

receive, from a server, data related to one or more places of interest, each place of interest having been previously selected by a user of the apparatus;

display a geographic map, one or more identifiers, and one or more relevancy outputs, wherein each identifier of the one or more identifiers is overlaid on the geographic map to provide a visual indication of a geographic location of a corresponding place of interest from the one or more places of interest, and wherein each of the one or more relevancy outputs represents a relevancy rating that incorporates acceptances and rejections of a corresponding place of interest from the one or more places of interest;

while displaying the one or more identifiers and the one or more relevancy outputs, receive a user selection between an accept input that represents an acceptance of a first place of interest of the one or more places of interest and a reject input that represents a rejection of the first place of interest, wherein a first relevancy output of the one or more relevancy outputs corresponds to the first place of interest, and wherein the first relevancy output represents a first relevancy rating;

modify, responsive to the user selection, the first relevancy rating based on whether the user selection selects the accept input or the reject input, resulting in a modified first relevancy rating;

update, based on the modified first relevancy rating, the first relevancy output such that the first relevancy output and the one or more identifiers are overlaid on the geographic map without further user input; and

transmit the modified first relevancy rating to the server.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the data related to the one or more places of interest includes user-created content that was previously created by the user for the first place of interest, and wherein the user-created content includes text created by the user and an image selected by the user;

wherein the data related to the one or more places of interest further includes second user-created content that was previously created by a second user for a second place of interest of the one or more places of interest, wherein the second user-created content includes text created by the second user and an image selected by the second user, and wherein the tangible computer readable medium further stores computer instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to;

for a first identifier of the one or more identifiers and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, display the text created by the user and a link to the user-created content, wherein the text created by the user and the link are overlaid on the geographic map such that the first identifier, the link and the text created by the user together provide the visual indication of the geographic location of the first place of interest; and

for a second identifier of the one or more identifiers and while displaying the geographic map and the one or more identifiers, display the text created by the second user and a link to the second user-created content, wherein the text created by the second user and the link to the second user-created content are overlaid on the geographic map such that the second identifier, the link to the second user-created content, and the text created by the second user together provide the visual indication of the geographic location of the second place of interest.