Automatic generation of geographic imagery tours
First Claim
1. A method in a computing system for automatically generating geographic imagery tours, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices, an indication of a single geographic area according to a current viewport of a client device;
obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, respective metrics of noteworthiness for a plurality of entities located within the single geographic area;
selecting, by the one or more computing devices, from a machine-readable knowledge repository that describes semantic relations between the plurality of entities, several of the plurality of entities that share a set of attributes defining a commonality, in view of the corresponding metrics of noteworthiness, wherein the commonality is based on shared relevance to a common current or historical event and is not specified by a user, wherein digital imagery is available for each of the selected entities, and wherein the several entities of the plurality of entities are further selected according to a tour duration for a geographic imagery tour; and
generating, by the one or more computing devices, the geographic imagery tour that includes a representation of the respective digital imagery for the selected entities.
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Abstract
An indication of a geographic area is received. Respective metrics of noteworthiness are obtained for multiple entities located in the geographic area. Using a machine-readable knowledge repository that describes semantic relations between the entities, several of the entities are selected in view of the corresponding metrics of noteworthiness, so that the selected entities share a set of attributes defining a commonality, and so that digital imagery is available for each of the selected entities. This commonality is not specified by the user. A geographic imagery tour that includes a representation of the respective digital imagery for the selected entities is generated.
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20 Claims
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1. A method in a computing system for automatically generating geographic imagery tours, the method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more computing devices, an indication of a single geographic area according to a current viewport of a client device; obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, respective metrics of noteworthiness for a plurality of entities located within the single geographic area; selecting, by the one or more computing devices, from a machine-readable knowledge repository that describes semantic relations between the plurality of entities, several of the plurality of entities that share a set of attributes defining a commonality, in view of the corresponding metrics of noteworthiness, wherein the commonality is based on shared relevance to a common current or historical event and is not specified by a user, wherein digital imagery is available for each of the selected entities, and wherein the several entities of the plurality of entities are further selected according to a tour duration for a geographic imagery tour; and generating, by the one or more computing devices, the geographic imagery tour that includes a representation of the respective digital imagery for the selected entities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20)
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5. A method in a computing system for automatically generating geographic imagery tours, the method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more computing devices, an indication of a geographic area according to a current viewport of a client device; obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, respective metrics of noteworthiness for a plurality of entities located in the geographic area; selecting, by the one or more computing devices, from a machine-readable knowledge repository that describes semantic relations between the plurality of entities, several of the plurality of entities that share a set of attributes defining a commonality, in view of the corresponding metrics of noteworthiness, wherein the commonality is based on shared relevance to a common current or historical event and is not specified by a user, wherein digital imagery is available for each of the selected entities, and wherein the several entities of the plurality of entities are further selected according to a tour duration for a geographic imagery tour; generating, by the one or more computing devices, the geographic imagery tour that includes a representation of the respective digital imagery for the selected entities; and receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a plurality of concept templates that specify predefined themes or subjects including the commonality of the geographic imagery tour, wherein each concept template is stored as text with substitutive variables, and wherein selecting the entities includes substituting information retrieved via the machine-readable knowledge repository for the substitutive variables to generate semantic relationships.
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12. A computing device, comprising:
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one or more processors; a user interface; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to; determine a geographic context of the computing device, wherein the geographic context includes a selection of a single geographic area according to a current viewport of a client device, transmit an indication of the geographic context to a server via a communication network, receive, from the server, available geographic imagery tours in response to the indication of the geographic context, wherein each geographic imagery tour includes a representation of respective digital imagery for a plurality of entities within the single geographic area that share a commonality based on shared relevance to a common current or historical event, and that correspond to the geographic context, and wherein the plurality of entities of each geographic imagery tour are selected according to a tour duration, receive a selection of one of the available geographic imagery tours, retrieve content for the selected geographic imagery tour from the server, and provide the content of the selected geographic imagery tour via the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon instructions for automatically generating geographic imagery tours, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more computing devices, are configured to:
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receive an indication of a geographic context, including receive a selection of a single geographic area according to a current viewport of a client device; automatically select, from a machine-readable knowledge repository in which data that describes attributes of entities within the single geographic area is organized according to semantic relations between the entities, a group of entities satisfying conditions of (i) corresponding to the geographic context, (ii) having references to related digital imagery in the knowledge repository, and (iii) sharing a set of one or more attributes that define a commonality based on shared relevance to a common current or historical event, wherein the group of entities is selected from among candidate entities matching the conditions (i)-(iii) in view of metrics of noteworthiness of the entities, without receiving a selection of the commonality from a user, and wherein the group of entities is further selected according to a tour duration for a geographic imagery tour; and generate the geographic imagery tour that includes a representation of the respective digital imagery for the selected group of entities. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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