Method, system, apparatus and computer-readable medium for browsing spot information

• US 9,354,792 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2013
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Po-Yen, Chen, Chien-Wen, Yeh, Pai-Chang, Lian, Li-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Khatib, Rami
• Application Number:
  US14/033,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20140025291A1
• Time in Patent Office: 981 Days
• Field of Search: 701/400, 701/408, 701/409, 701/431, 701/432, 701/436, 701/438, 701/454, 701/458, 701/459, 701/461, 701/523, 701/526, 701/532, 701/537, 701/538, 701/540, 701/541, 705/14.53, 705/14.54, 705/14.55, 705/14.57, 705/14.58, 705/14.66, 705/14.67, 715/764, 715/769, 715/779, 715/786, 715/787, 715/800
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3874 Structures specially adapted for data searching and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for browsing spot information, adapted to an electronic device, are provided. In the present method, a plurality of spot information are retrieved, in which each of the spot information at least comprises a picture and a location of a spot. Next, an electronic map is displayed and a spot marker is marked at the spot location of each spot information on the electronic map. Meanwhile, a spot browsing bar is displayed on a side of the electronic map and the spot pictures of the spot information are sequentially displayed in the spot browsing bar. When a select operation of a certain spot marker on the electronic map is received, the spot browsing bar is scrolled to show the spot picture corresponding to the selected spot marker.

Claims

1. An information browsing method applicable to an electronic device for browsing information associated with a picture, the electronic device comprising a receiver, a transmitter and a processor, the processor being coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, and the method comprising:

connecting to a social network website configured for providing a plurality of pictures and location information;

retrieving, by the receiver, from the social network website, the plurality of pictures and the location information, wherein the plurality of pictures comprises at least one custom created picture, wherein at least one of the plurality of pictures corresponds to at least one of the retrieved location information;

displaying, by the processor, an electronic map and placing markers according to the location information on the electronic map;

displaying, by the processor, a browsing bar on a side of the electronic map, and sequentially displaying the pictures in the browsing bar;

receiving, by the processor, a select operation of one of the pictures in the browsing bar;

highlighting, by the processor, the marker corresponding to the selected picture;

receiving, by the processor, an edit operation corresponding to one of the makers; and

editing, by the processor, spot information of the marker corresponding to the edit operation, wherein the marker corresponds to one of the pictures retrieved from the social network website,

wherein the edited spot information comprises at least one of a name of a spot, a description of the spot and a picture of the spot.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

shifting a display area of the electronic map to show the marker corresponding to the selected picture.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a select operation of one of the markers on the electronic map; and

highlighting the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

scrolling the browsing bar to show the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein in response to the select operation of one of the markers on the electronic map, the method further comprising:

displaying a note block from the selected marker, wherein the note block displays an icon representing the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of displaying the note block further comprises:

displaying information corresponding to the selected marker, wherein the information comprises a name, a category, an address, a phone number, or a website information corresponding to the selected marker.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein after the step of displaying the note block from the selected marker, the method further comprising:

displaying a send option for sending an information of a favorite marker to other members of the social network website.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of retrieving, from the social network website, the pictures and the location information, comprising:

connecting to a mobile device through a wired communication or a wireless communication; and

retrieving the pictures and the location information stored in the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

executing a positioning function;

obtaining a current location of the mobile device;

displaying the electronic map of a predetermined range around the current location; and

marking all of the markers in the predetermined range of the electronic map.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a display module;

a receiver;

a transmitter; and

a processor, coupled to the display module, the receiver and the transmitter,

wherein the processor is configured for connecting to a social network website configured for providing a plurality of pictures and location information;

the processor is configured for retrieving, from the social network website, the plurality of pictures and the location information, and the plurality of pictures comprises at least one custom created picture, wherein at least one of the plurality of picture corresponds to at least one of the retrieved location information;

the processor is configured for displaying an electronic map and placing markers according to the location information on the electronic map;

wherein the processor is configured for displaying a browsing bar on a side of the electronic map, and sequentially displaying the pictures in the browsing bar;

the processor is configured for receiving a select operation of one of the pictures in the browsing bar, wherein in response to the select operation of the one of the pictures in the browsing bar, the processor is further configured for highlighting the marker corresponding the selected picture,

wherein the processor is further configured for receiving an edit operation corresponding to one of the makers,

wherein the processor is further configured for editing spot information of the marker corresponding to the edit operation, and the marker corresponds to one of the pictures retrieved from the social network website,

wherein the edited spot information comprises at least one of a name of a spot, a description of the spot and a picture of the spot.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured for shifting a display area of the electronic map to show the marker corresponding to the selected picture.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein in response to receiving a select operation of one of the markers on the electronic map, the processor is further configured for highlighting the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured for scrolling the browsing bar to show the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein in response to receiving the select operation of one of the markers on the electronic map,

the processor is further configured for displaying a note block from the selected marker, wherein the note block displays an icon representing the picture corresponding to the selected marker.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured for:

displaying information corresponding to the selected marker, wherein the information comprises a name, a category, an address, a phone number, or a website information corresponding to the selected marker.

16. The device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured for:

displaying information corresponding to the member sharing the selected picture, wherein the information comprises a name, a creation date, or a picture of the member sharing the selected picture.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein after the processor displays the note block from the selected marker, the processor is further configured for:

displaying a send option for sending an information of a favorite marker to other members of the social network website.

18. The device of claim 10, wherein

the processor is further configured for connecting to a mobile device through a wired communication or a wireless communication;

and

the processor is further configured for retrieving the pictures with corresponding location information stored in the mobile device.

19. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured for displaying a picture of the member sharing the selected picture at a corner of the selected picture.

20. A non-transitory storage medium comprising a plurality of computer readable programming codes to be loaded into an electronic device to execute functions comprising:

connecting to a social network website configured for providing a plurality of pictures and location information;

retrieving, from the social network website, the plurality of pictures and the location information, wherein the plurality of pictures comprises at least one custom created picture, wherein at least one of the plurality of pictures corresponds to at least one of the retrieved location information;

displaying an electronic map and placing markers according to the location information on the electronic map;

displaying a browsing bar on a side of the electronic map, and sequentially displaying the pictures in the browsing bar;

receiving a select operation of one of the pictures in the browsing bar;

highlighting the marker corresponding the selected picture;

receiving an edit operation corresponding to one of the makers; and

editing spot information of the marker corresponding to the edit operation, wherein the marker corresponds to one of the pictures retrieved from the social network website,

wherein the edited spot information comprises at least one of a name of a spot, a description of the spot and a picture of the spot.