Geocoding personal information

• US 9,069,865 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2011
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bliss, Adam, Conway, David P.
• Primary Examiner(s): MIAH, RAZU A
• Application Number:
  US13/295,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20120059812A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,324 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-203, 709217-218, 705/14, 370/447
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3874 Structures specially adapted for data searching and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/15 Correlation function computation including computation of convolution operations arithmetic circuits for sum of products per se, e.g. multiply-accumulators G06F7/5443; digital filters, e.g. FIR, IIR, adaptive filters H03H17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/20 Drawing from basic elements, e.g. lines or circles
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for generating geocoded user information is disclosed. The method comprises searching user data across multiple different data corpuses for entries having location-related information and determining locations for the location-related information. The method further comprises generating a map showing a current location of a mobile device along with representations of the entries having location-related information, at the determined locations, for entries from the multiple different data corpuses.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating geocoded user information, the method comprising:

determining a current location of a computing device;

identifying a plurality of personal entries that are associated with one or more user accounts and that are associated with geographic locations that are determined to be within a predetermined distance of the current location of the computing device, wherein;

one or more first entries from among the plurality of personal entries are identified from information managed by a first application that is executable on the computing device,

one or more second entries from among the plurality of personal entries are identified from information managed by a second application that is executable on the computing device and that is different than the first application, and

the one or more first entries include at least some data of a different category than data in the one or more second entries; and

displaying, on an electronic display of the computing device, selectable display elements that are overlaid on a presentation of a geographic map and that represent the plurality of personal entries, wherein the one or more first entries are represented by selectable display elements that correspond to the first application, and the one or more second entries are represented by selectable display elements that correspond to the second application and that have a different visual appearance than the selectable display elements that correspond to the first application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, over the presentation of the geographic map, selectable display elements that represent entries for events that have been determined to be a defined distance from an outer edge of a geography displayed by the map.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a panning action on the presentation of the geographic map, and updating a display of the geographic map and the entries to match a new location on the geographic map that is defined by the panning action.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the computing device performs the panning action automatically using a location sensor in the computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically displaying detail information for one or more entries that are determined to be closest to the computing device while not displaying detail information for one or more other entries that are not determined to be closest to the computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the selectable display elements at locations on the geographic map that correspond to the geographic locations associated with the entries represented by the selectable display elements.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein particular ones of the geographic locations that the plurality of personal entries are associated with are determined by transmitting to a remote server system data that describes information about particular ones of the plurality of personal entries, and receiving in response geocoded information that specifies the geographic locations.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a first personal entry from among the plurality of personal entries is associated with a geographic location that is determined based on a street address specified in the first personal entry.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication that user input selected a first one of the selectable display elements, and in response, displaying detailed information for the entry represented by the first one of the selectable display elements; and

receiving an indication that user input selected a second one of the selectable display elements, and in response, displaying detailed information for the entry represented by the second one of the selectable display elements,

wherein the detailed information for the entries represented by the first and second ones of the selectable display elements, respectively, each include at least some different information that corresponds to different applications from which the entries were identified.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein selection of particular different ones of the selectable display elements causes the computing device to execute different applications that correspond to the entries represented by the particular different display elements.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having recorded and stored thereon instructions that, when executed, performs actions including:

determining a current location of a computing device;

identifying a plurality of personal entries that are associated with one or more user accounts and that are associated with geographic locations that are determined to be within a predetermined distance of the current location of the computing device, wherein;

one or more first entries from among the plurality of personal entries are identified from information managed by a first application that is executable on the computing device,

one or more second entries from among the plurality of personal entries are identified from information managed by a second application that is executable on the computing device and that is different than the first application, and

the one or more first entries include at least some data of a different category than data in the one or more second entries; and

displaying, on an electronic display of the computing device, selectable display elements that are overlaid on a presentation of a geographic map and that represent the plurality of personal entries, wherein the one or more first entries are represented by selectable display elements that correspond to the first application, and the one or more second entries are represented by selectable display elements that correspond to the second application and that have a different visual appearance than the selectable display elements that correspond to the first application.

12. The medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions that when executed display, over the presentation of the geographic map, selectable display elements that represent entries for events that have been determined to be a defined distance from an outer edge of a geography displayed by the map.

13. The medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions that when executed receive a panning action on the presentation of the geographic map, and update a display of the geographic map and the entries to match a new location on the geographic map that is defined by the panning action.

14. The medium of claim 13, wherein the computing device performs the panning action automatically using a location sensor in the computing device.

15. The medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions that when executed automatically display detail information for one or more entries that are determined to be closest to the computing device while not displaying detail information for one or more other entries that are not determined to be closest to the computing device.

16. The medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions that when executed display the selectable display elements at locations on the geographic map that correspond to the geographic locations associated with the entries represented by the selectable display elements.

17. The medium of claim 16, wherein particular ones of the geographic locations that the plurality of personal entries are associated with are determined by transmitting to a remote server system data that describes information about particular ones of the plurality of personal entries, and receiving in response geocoded information that specifies the geographic locations.

18. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

a processor;

a location scraper to search information managed by multiple different applications accessible to the system for entries that have information that indicates respective geographic locations associated with the entries and that have a preexisting correlation with one or more accounts for a user;

a location resolution module to determine locations for the entries having information that indicates respective geographic locations associated with the entries;

a location engine to determine a current location of a mobile device that is associated with the user, the current location being determined based on location indicators associated with the mobile device; and

a user data mapping module to identify multiple ones of the entries that are determined to have locations that are within a predetermined distance of the current location of the mobile device, and to generate mapping information that includes a map and user-selectable display elements that represent the multiple ones of the entries that are determined to have locations that are within the predetermined distance of the current location of the mobile device,

wherein particular ones of the user-selectable display elements represent entries from information managed by different applications accessible to the system, and wherein the particular ones of the user-selectable display elements have different visual appearances based at least in part on the respective application from which the entries represented by the particular ones of the user-selectable display elements were obtained.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the location scraper is programmed to search for entries from a calendar application, a contacts application, and a tasks application.