Customizing destination images while reaching towards a desired task

• US 9,080,877 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2013
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Dave, Swapnil R., Varoglu, Devrim, Larson, Anthony L
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAIGE, TYLER D
• Application Number:
  US13/773,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20140236468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• Field of Search: 701/300, 701/533, 382/113, 382/306, 455/457
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Customized images can be used to improve navigation of a user to a particular destination. For example, a mobile device can receive a first destination location of the first user. Additionally, the mobile device can receive one or more media files of the first destination location, wherein at least one of the media files is created with a recording device. Furthermore, the mobile device can further receive an indicator associating the one or more media files with the first destination location. Subsequently, the mobile device can receive a current location of the mobile device of the first user. Finally, the mobile device can display the one or more media files when the current location is within a specified distance of the first destination location.

Claims

1. A method of providing media on a display of a mobile device of a first user, the method comprising:

receiving, at the mobile device, a first destination location of the first user;

receiving, at the mobile device, one or more media files corresponding to the first destination location, wherein at least one of the one or more media files is created with a recording device by a second user associated with the first destination location;

storing the one or more media files at the mobile device;

receiving an indicator associating the one or more media files with the first destination location;

receiving a current location of the mobile device of the first user; and

automatically sending a request for data of the at least one of the one or more media files to the second user when the current location is within a specified distance of the first destination location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more media files comprise one or more of:

a photographic image, a sequence of photographic images, a sound recording, and a video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is sent to the second user by the first user as the first user approaches the first destination location, and wherein an acknowledgment by the second user is necessary prior to receiving the data of the one or more media files.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data of the one or more media files is received from the second user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data of the one or more media files is received from a server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data of the one or more media files is displayed when the current location is within the specified distance of the first destination location.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a final destination location of the first user, wherein the first destination location is along a route to the final destination location;

receiving one or more media files of the final destination location, wherein at least one of the media files is created with the recording device;

receiving an indicator associating the one or more media files with the final destination location; and

sending data of the one or more media files to the display when the current location is within a specified distance of the final destination location.

8. A method of sending media to a display of a mobile device of a first user, the method comprising:

receiving and storing one or more media files corresponding to a destination location, wherein at least one of the one or more media files is created with a recording device by a second user associated with the destination location;

receiving a destination location of the first user;

sending an indicator associating the one or more media files with the destination location;

receiving a current location of the mobile device of the first user; and

automatically sending a request for data of the at least one of the one or more media files to the second user when the current location is within a specified distance of the destination location.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more media files comprise one or more of:

a photographic image, a sequence of photographic images, a sound recording, and a video.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more media files are generated by the second user associated with the destination location, and wherein a request is sent to the second user by the first user as the first user approaches the first destination location, and wherein an acknowledgment by the second user is necessary prior to sending the data of the one or more media files.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the data of the at least one of the one or more media files is sent from the second user.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the data of the one or more media files is sent from a server.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the data of the one or more media files is displayed when the current location is within the specified distance of the first destination location.

14. A mobile device comprising:

a user interface configured to receive, at the mobile device, a first destination location of a first user;

a recording device for;

creating one or more media files corresponding to the first destination location, wherein at least one of the one or more media files is created by a second user associated with the first destination location; and

storing the one or more media files in memory of the mobile device; and

a processing subsystem configured to;

receive an indicator associating the one or more media files with the first destination location;

receive a current location of the mobile device of the first user; and

automatically send a request to the second user for the at least one of the one or more media files when the current location is within a specified distance of the first destination location.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the one or more media files comprise one or more of:

a photographic image, a sequence of photographic images, a sound recording, and a video.

16. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the one or more media files are generated by the second user associated with the first destination location.

17. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the request is sent to the second user by the first user as the first user approaches the first destination location, and wherein an acknowledgment by the second user is necessary prior to receiving the data of the one or more media files.

18. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the data of the one or more media files is received from the second user.

19. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the data of the one or more media files is received from a server.

20. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the data of the one or more media files is displayed when the current location is within the specified distance of the first destination location.

21. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the processing subsystem is further configured to:

receive a final destination location of the first user, wherein the first destination location is along a route to the final destination location;

receive one or more media files of the final destination location, wherein at least one of the media files is created with the recording device;

receive an indicator associating the one or more media files with the final destination location; and

display the one or more media files when the current location is within a specified distance of the final destination location.

22. A mobile device comprising:

a storage controller configured to store, in memory of the mobile device, one or more media files corresponding to a destination location, wherein at least one of the one or more media files is created with a recording device by a second user associated with the destination location; and

a processing subsystem configured to;

receive a destination location of a first user;

send an indicator associating the one or more media files with the destination location;

receive a current location of the mobile device of the first user; and

automatically send a request to the second user for the one or more media files when the current location is within a specified distance of the destination location.

23. The mobile device of claim 22, wherein the one or more media files comprise one or more of:

a photographic image, a sequence of photographic images, a sound recording, and a video.

24. The mobile device of claim 22, wherein the one or more media files are generated by the second user associated with the destination location, and wherein the request is sent to the second user by the first user as the first user approaches the destination location, and wherein an acknowledgment by the second user is necessary prior to sending the data of the one or more media files.

25. The mobile device of claim 22, wherein the processing subsystem is further configured to upload the data of the one or more media files to a server.