System and method for generating three-dimensional geofeeds, orientation-based geofeeds, and geofeeds based on ambient conditions based on content provided by social media content providers

• US 9,497,275 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2016
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tai Technologies Inc. (Crisis24)
• Original Assignee: Geofeedia, Inc.
• Inventors: Harris, Philip B., Mitchell, Scott K., Mulroy, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): BAROT, BHARAT
• Application Number:
  US15/018,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182656A1
• Time in Patent Office: 281 Days
• Field of Search: 709202-207, 709217-219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A system and method for generating a geofeed based on one or more geofeed parameters including altitude parameters, ambient condition parameters, and orientation parameters is provided. A geofeed includes a collection of content, aggregated from various content providers, that is relevant to one or more geographically definable locations. The generated content may include, for example, video, audio, images, text, hyperlinks, and/or other content that may be relevant to a geographically definable location. The content providers may include, for example, social media platforms, online knowledge databases, individual content creators, and/or other providers that can distribute content that may be relevant to a geographically definable location. The system may filter content into the geofeed and/or out of the geofeed based on one or more geofeed parameters and/or display the geofeed comprising the filtered content.

Claims

1. A method for determining ambient condition attributes associated with content that is related to geographically definable locations, the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, program the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the computer system, content aggregated from one or more of a plurality of content providers based on one or more geographically definable locations, wherein the content is aggregated from the one or more of the plurality of content providers based on respective requests formatted specifically for individual ones of the plurality of content providers, wherein the respective requests comprise the one or more geographically definable locations;

determining, by the computer system, one or more ambient condition attributes related to the content; and

communicating, by the computer system, the content based on the one or more ambient condition attributes.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

identifying, by the computer system, one or more ambient condition parameters; and

filtering out, by the computer system, the content based on the one or more ambient condition parameters and the one or more ambient condition attributes, wherein communicating the content based on the one or more ambient condition attributes comprises communicating the filtered content.

3. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

identifying, by the computer system, one or more ambient condition parameters; and

filtering, by the computer system, the content based on the one or more ambient condition parameters and the one or more ambient condition attributes, wherein communicating the content based on the one or more ambient condition attributes comprises displaying content with ambient condition attributes within the one or more ambient condition parameters differently than content with ambient condition attributes outside the one or more ambient condition parameters.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating the content based on the one or more ambient condition attributes comprises:

displaying, by the computer system, content with a first ambient condition attribute differently than content with a second ambient condition attribute.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes are associated with the content when the content is received from the one or more of the plurality of content providers.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes are manually input by a user associated with the content.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes are generated by one or more sensors on a user device associated with the content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes related to the content are not provided by the one or more of the plurality of content providers, and wherein determining the one or more ambient condition attributes related to the content comprises:

automatically determining, by the computer system, the one or more ambient condition attributes after the content is received from the one or more of the plurality of content providers.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein automatically determining the one or more ambient condition attributes related to the content comprises:

identifying, by the computer system, a date and/or time associated with the content;

identifying, by the computer system, a geo-location associated with the content; and

determining, by the computer system, an ambient condition that existed at the identified geo-location during the identified date and/or time.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes indicate the ambient condition that existed at the time that the content was created.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes indicate the ambient condition that existed at the time that the content was posted.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes comprise one or more of temperature, humidity, air pressure, or wind velocity.

13. A system for determining ambient condition attributes associated with content that is related to geographically definable locations, the system comprising:

a computer comprising one or more physical processors programmed by one or more computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, program the one or more physical processors to;

obtain content aggregated from one or more of a plurality of content providers based on one or more geographically definable locations, wherein the content is aggregated from the one or more of the plurality of content providers based on respective requests formatted specifically for individual ones of the plurality of content providers, wherein the respective requests comprise the one or more geographically definable locations;

determine one or more ambient condition attributes related to the content; and

communicate the content based on the one or more ambient condition attributes.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more physical processors are further programmed to:

identify one or more ambient condition parameters; and

filter out the content based on the one or more ambient condition parameters and the one or more ambient condition attributes, wherein communicating the content based on the one or more ambient condition attributes comprises communicating the filtered content.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more physical processors are further programmed to:

identify one or more ambient condition parameters; and

filter the content based on the one or more ambient condition parameters and the one or more ambient condition attributes, wherein communicating the content based on the one or more ambient condition attributes comprises displaying content with ambient condition attributes within the one or more ambient condition parameters differently than content with ambient condition attributes outside the one or more ambient condition parameters.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein to communicate the content based on the one or more ambient condition attributes, the one or more physical processors are further programmed to:

display content with a first ambient condition attribute differently than content with a second ambient condition attribute.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes are associated with the content when the content is received from the one or more of the plurality of content providers.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes are manually input by a user associated with the content.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes are generated by one or more sensors on a user device associated with the content.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes related to the content are not provided by the one or more of the plurality of content providers, and wherein to determine the one or more ambient condition attributes related to the content, the one or more physical processors are further programmed to:

automatically determine the one or more ambient condition attributes after the content is received from the one or more of the plurality of content providers.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein to automatically determine the one or more ambient condition attributes related to the content, the one or more physical processors are further programmed to:

identify a date and/or time associated with the content;

identify a geo-location associated with the content; and

determine an ambient condition that existed at the identified geo-location during the identified date and/or time.

22. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes indicate the ambient condition that existed at the time that the content was created.

23. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes indicate the ambient condition that existed at the time that the content was posted.

24. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more ambient condition attributes comprise one or more of temperature, humidity, air pressure, or wind velocity.