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Methods and systems for accessing crowd sourced landscape images

  • US 8,918,087 B1
  • Filed: 06/08/2012
  • Issued: 12/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of accessing landscape images comprising:

  • maintaining a plurality of regional data stores of landscape models for each of a plurality of base stations, wherein each of the plurality of base stations is associated with one of the plurality of regional data stores, and wherein each regional data store is co-located with its corresponding base station and only maintains landscape models associated with landscapes located proximate to its corresponding base station;

    analyzing, by a base station of the plurality of base stations, a plurality of landscape images to identify a sub-set of the plurality of landscape images that are associated with a same landscape located proximate to the base station, wherein the subset of the plurality of landscape images are associated with at least one of seasonal variations or time of day variations for the same landscape, and wherein the plurality of landscape images are provided to the base station by a plurality of mobile access terminals that took the plurality of landscape images of one or more landscapes located proximate to the base station while in a coverage area of the base station;

    developing, by the base station, a landscape model for the same landscape based on the analyzing;

    receiving, by the base station, a request for a landscape image of the plurality of landscape images from a mobile access terminal in a serving area of the base station, wherein the request for the landscape image identifies the landscape model maintained in the regional data store of the base station;

    identifying, by the base station, the landscape image in the regional data store of the base station corresponding to the request; and

    transmitting, by the base station, the landscape image to the mobile access terminal, wherein the landscape image is created based on the landscape model identified in the request.

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