Associating a photo with a geographic place

• US 9,298,705 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2012
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Zherebtsov, Nikolay, Dorko, Gyuri, Groenink, Karen
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T
• Application Number:
  US13/658,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20150153934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,253 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A system and method for associating a photo with a geographic place is provided. Indication of user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo is received. Based on the user input requesting suggestions, one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo are determined, the one or more suggestions for the place being proximate to the mapped location of the photo. The determined one or more suggestions for the place are provided for display. Indication of user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place is received. The selected place is associated with the photo. The associated place and the mapped location of the photo are provided for display.

Claims

1. A machine-implemented method of associating a photo with a geographic place, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more processors, in response to a first user input entered via a first interface, suggestions for locations to map the photo based on the first user input, wherein obtaining the suggestions for locations to map the photo includes determining geocode location results and specific places;

receiving, by the one or more processors, via the first interface, a second user input selecting one of the suggested locations to map the photo;

associating, by the one or more processors, the photo with the selected mapped location;

receiving, using the one or more processors, via a second interface, an indication of a third user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo, wherein determining the one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo includes determining specific places;

determining, based on the third user input requesting suggestions, using the one or more processors, one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo, wherein the one or more suggestions for the place are proximate to the mapped location of the photo;

providing, using the one or more processors, the determined one or more suggestions for the place for display;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of a fourth user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place;

associating, using the one or more processors, the selected place with the photo;

generating, using the one or more processors, the display of the map in the user interface, wherein the display of the map includes the photo overlaid on the map at the location corresponding to the selected place;

receiving indication of a fifth user input to disassociate the selected place from the photo; and

disassociating, in response to the received indication to disassociate, the selected place from the photo.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the second user input selecting one of the locations to map the photo comprises receiving indication of the second user input corresponding to the mapped location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user input is received at a general location interface,

wherein the general location interface determining the suggestions for locations to map the photo further comprises determining one or more alternate mapped locations of the photo, and

wherein the providing the determined one or more suggestions for a location to map the photo further comprises providing the determined one or more suggestions for a location to map the photo together with the one or more alternate mapped locations for display in the general location interface.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving indication of a fifth user input, via the general location interface, the fifth user input selecting one of the alternate mapped locations; and

updating the mapped location of the photo with the selected alternate mapped location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the selected place with the photo comprises providing an interface prompting the user to associate the selected place with the photo.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the determined one or more suggestions for the place for display comprises providing only the determined one or more suggestions for the place for display in the specific place interface.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiving the indication of the fourth user input selecting one place automatically associates the selected place with the photo.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the mapped location of the photo comprises latitude and longitude coordinates for the photo.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the associating the selected place with the photo further comprises retaining the mapped location of the photo.

10. A system for displaying photos associated with places, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising;

obtaining, by the one or more processors, in response to a first user input entered via a first interface, suggestions for locations to map the photo based on the first user input;

receiving, by the one or more processors, via the first interface, a second user input selecting one of the suggested locations to map the photo;

associating, by the one or more processors, the photo with the selected mapped location;

receiving, via a second interface, an using the one or more processors, indication of a third user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo;

determining, based on the third user input requesting suggestions, using the one or more processors, one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo, wherein the one or more suggestions for the place are proximate to the mapped location of the photo;

providing, using the one or more processors, the determined one or more suggestions for the place for display;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of a fourth user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place;

associating, using the one or more processors, the selected place with the photo while retaining the mapped location of the photo; and

providing, using the one or more processors, the associated place and the mapped location of the photo for display;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of a fifth user input to browse photos associated with places; and

in response to the received indication to browse the photos associated with places;

providing a first set of photos for display in a first user interface, wherein each of the photos in the first set of photos is associated with a different place;

providing for display of a map in a second user interface, wherein the display of the map includes at least one photo from the first set of photos overlaid on the map at a location corresponding to the associated place of the at least one photo;

receiving indication of a user selection of a photo displayed within the first user interface or the second user interface;

providing a second set of photos for display in the first user interface, wherein each of the photos in the second set of photos is associated with the same place as that of the selected photo; and

providing for updated display of the map in the second user interface, wherein the updated display of the map includes at least one photo from the second set of photos overlaid on the map at a location corresponding to the associated place of the at least one photo from the second set of photos.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the photos in the first set of photos comprises a mapped location.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein for each of the photos in the first set of photos, the mapped location differs from the location corresponding to the associated place of the photo.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the mapped location corresponds to latitude and longitude coordinates for each of the photos in the first set of photos.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the photos in the second set of photos comprises a mapped location.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein for each of the photos in the second set of photos, the mapped location differs from the location corresponding to the associated place of the photo.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the updated display of the map for the at least one photo from the second set of photos is at the mapped location.

17. A machine-implemented method of processing a photo, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more processors, in response to a first user input entered via a first interface, suggestions for locations to map the photo based on the first user input;

receiving, by the one or more processors, via the first interface, a second user input selecting one of the suggested locations to map the photo;

associating, by the one or more processors, the photo with the selected mapped location;

receiving, via a second interface, using the one or more processors, an indication of a third user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo;

determining, based on the third user input requesting suggestions one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo, wherein the one or more suggestions for the place are proximate to the mapped location of the photo;

providing the determined one or more suggestions for the place for display;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of a fourth user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place;

associating, using the one or more processors, the selected place with the photo while retaining the mapped location of the photo;

providing, using the one or more processors, the associated place and the mapped location of the photo for display, wherein the display of the map includes a confirmation overlaid on the map which confirms that the selected place has been automatically associated with the photo;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of a fifth user input to browse photos associated with places; and

in response to the received indication to browse the photos associated with places;

providing, using the one or more processors, a first set of photos for display in a first user interface, wherein each of the photos in the first set of photos is associated with a different place;

providing, using the one or more processors, for display of a map in a second user interface, wherein the display of the map includes at least one photo from the first set of photos overlaid on the map at a location corresponding to the associated place of the at least one photo;

receiving, using the one or more processors, indication of a user selection of a photo displayed within the first user interface or the second user interface;

providing, using the one or more processors, a second set of photos for display in the first user interface, wherein each of the photos in the second set of photos is associated with the same place as that of the selected photo; and

providing, using the one or more processors, for updated display of the map in the second user interface, wherein the updated display of the map includes at least one photo from the second set of photos overlaid on the map at the mapped location of the at least one photo.

18. The machine-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the first interface is a general location interface, and the second interface is a specific place interface, and wherein:

obtaining the suggestions for locations to map the photo includes determining geocode location results and specific places; and

determining the one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo includes determining specific places.

19. The machine-implemented method of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving indication of a sixth user input to disassociate the selected place from the photo; and

disassociating, in response to the received indication to disassociate, the selected place from the photo.

20. The machine-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the first user input is received at a general location interface,

wherein the general location interface determining the suggestions for locations to map the photo further comprises determining one or more alternate mapped locations of the photo, and

wherein the providing the determined one or more suggestions for a location to map the photo further comprises providing the determined one or more suggestions for a location to map the photo together with the one or more alternate mapped locations for display in the general location interface.