Location-based informaton display

• US 8,949,212 B1
• Filed: 07/08/2011
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hariharan Dhandapani
• Original Assignee: Hariharan Dhandapani
• Inventors: Dhandapani, Hariharan
• Primary Examiner(s): Beausoliel, Jr., Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Allen, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US13/179,357
• Time in Patent Office: 1,306 Days
• Field of Search: 707/706, 707/244, 707/722, 707/728, 707/732, 707/736, 707/737, 707/738, 707/739, 707/740, 707/769, 707/780
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A computer-implemented method comprises receiving information indicating a location of a user. The location information is determined by a computing device carried by the user. The method further comprises performing a search of user content. The user content is associated with the user and is searched based on the location of the user. The method further comprises communicating results of the search to the computing device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented contextual-based information display service comprising:

a processor and machine-readable storage media having instructions stored therein that, when executed by the processor, implement

a user repository, the user repository having stored therein content received from a user, the user content including a time-displaced e-mail message including a location of interest, the time-displaced e-mail message is only accessible by the user as a result of searching the user repository; and

a search engine, the search engine being configured to receive context keywords characterizing a current context of the user, wherein the context keywords were generated by the processor, and the search engine being configured to perform a search based on the context keywords to identify content relevant to the user in the current context, wherein the search identifies the time-displaced e-mail message based on the location of interest.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the content received from the user comprises a plurality of content items, and wherein the service further comprises a keyword index, the keyword index comprising a plurality of content keywords associated with the plurality of content items.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the content keywords comprise user-assigned tags for the plurality of content items.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the search engine performs the search by identifying matches between (i) the user-assigned tags and (ii) the context keywords.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the search engine performs the search by identifying matches between (i) the plurality of content keywords in the keyword index and (ii) the context keywords.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of submission tools accessible by the user to submit the content.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the submission tools comprise a plurality of the following tools:

a website application, a browser plugin, an e-mail plugin, a dedicated e-mail address, a desktop agent, and a mobile application.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the contextual-based information display service provides a tool permitting the user to simulate a context, the simulation of the context providing an indication to the user of the content to be provided to the user when the user is in the simulated context.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the context is a location, and wherein the simulation provides an indication to the user of the content to be provided to the user when the user is at the simulated location.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the context is a date and/or time, and wherein the simulation provides an indication to the user of the content to be provided to the user at the simulated date and/or time.