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 9,838,485 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2016
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tai Technologies Inc. (Crisis24)
• Original Assignee: Tai Technologies Inc. (Crisis24)
• Inventors: Harris, Philip B., Mitchell, Scott K., Mulroy, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): BAROT, BHARAT
• Application Number:
  US15/347,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20170064017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 391 Days
• Field of Search: 709202-207, 709217-219
• 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:

generating, by the computer system, a first request formatted specifically for a first social media content provider, the first request specifying a first geographically definable location;

transmitting, by the computer system, the first request to the first social media content provider;

obtaining, by the computer system, first content from the first social media content provider based on the first request;

obtaining, by the computer system, from the first content, a first geotag and first ambient condition information, wherein the first geotag indicates a first location at which the first content was created and/or posted and the first ambient condition information indicates at least a value associated with a first ambient condition that existed when the first content was created and/or posted;

generating, by the computer system, a second request formatted specifically for a second social media content provider, the second request specifying a second geographically definable location;

transmitting, by the computer system, the second request to the second social media content provider;

obtaining, by the computer system, second content from the second social media content provider based on the second request;

obtaining, by the computer system, from the second content, a second geotag and second ambient condition information, wherein the second geotag indicates a second location at which the second content was created and/or posted and the second ambient condition information indicates at least a value associated with a second ambient condition that existed when the second content was created and/or posted; and

communicating, by the computer system, the first ambient condition information in association with the first location and the second ambient condition in association with the second location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least the first ambient condition comprises one or more of temperature, humidity, air pressure, or wind velocity.

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

storing, by the computer system, the first ambient condition information and the second ambient condition information in a database, wherein communicating the first ambient condition information and the second ambient condition information comprises;

providing, by the computer system, the first ambient condition information and the second ambient condition information from the database.

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

receiving, by the computer system, a request for ambient condition information related to one or more geographically definable locations that include the first location and the second location, wherein the first ambient condition information and the second ambient condition information are provided responsive to the request for the ambient condition information related to the one or more geographically definable locations.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first ambient condition is associated with the first content when the first content is received from the first social media content provider.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first ambient condition information comprises information that is manually input by a user associated with the first content.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the first ambient condition information comprises information that is generated by one or more sensors on a user device associated with the first content.

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

generating, by the computer system, a third request formatted specifically for the first social media content provider, the third request specifying a third geographically definable location;

transmitting, by the computer system, the third request to the first social media content provider;

obtaining, by the computer system, third content from the first social media content provider based on the third request, wherein the third content does not include ambient condition information;

automatically determining, by the computer system, third ambient condition information after the third content is received from the first social media content provider, wherein the third ambient condition information indicates at least a value associated with a third ambient condition that existed when the third content was created and/or posted; and

communicating, by the computer system, the third ambient condition in association with the third location.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein automatically determining the third ambient condition information comprises:

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

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

determining, by the computer system, at least a value associated with 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 first ambient condition information indicates at least the value associated with the first ambient condition that existed at the time that the first content was created.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first ambient condition information indicates at least the value associated with the first ambient condition that existed at the time that the first content was posted.

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

a computer system comprising 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;

generate a first request formatted specifically for a first social media content provider, the first request specifying a first geographically definable location;

transmit the first request to the first social media content provider;

obtain first content from the first social media content provider based on the first request;

obtain from the first content, a first geotag and first ambient condition information, wherein the first geotag indicates a first location at which the first content was created and/or posted and the first ambient condition information indicates at least a value associated with a first ambient condition that existed when the first content was created and/or posted;

generate a second request formatted specifically for a second social media content provider, the second request specifying a second geographically definable location;

transmit the second request to the second social media content provider;

obtain second content from the second social media content provider based on the second request;

obtain from the second content, a second geotag and second ambient condition information, wherein the second geotag indicates a second location at which the second content was created and/or posted and the second ambient condition information indicates at least a value associated with a second ambient condition that existed when the second content was created and/or posted; and

communicate the first ambient condition information in association with the first location and the second ambient condition in association with the second location.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein at least the first ambient condition comprises one or more of temperature, humidity, air pressure, or wind velocity.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the computer system is further programmed to:

store the first ambient condition information and the second ambient condition information in a database, wherein to communicate the first ambient condition information and the second ambient condition information, the computer system is further programmed to;

provide the first ambient condition information and the second ambient condition information from the database.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the computer system is further programmed to:

receive a request for ambient condition information related to one or more geographically definable locations that include the first location and the second location, wherein the first ambient condition information and the second ambient condition information are provided responsive to the request for the ambient condition information related to the one or more geographically definable locations.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the first ambient condition is associated with the first content when the first content is received from the first social media content provider.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the first ambient condition information comprises information that is manually input by a user associated with the first content.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the first ambient condition information comprises information that is generated by one or more sensors on a user device associated with the first content.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the computer system is further programmed to:

generate a third request formatted specifically for the first social media content provider, the third request specifying a third geographically definable location;

transmit the third request to the first social media content provider;

obtain third content from the first social media content provider based on the third request, wherein the third content does not include ambient condition information;

automatically determine third ambient condition information after the third content is received from the first social media content provider, wherein the third ambient condition information indicates at least a value associated with a third ambient condition that existed when the third content was created and/or posted; and

communicate the third ambient condition in association with the third location.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein to automatically determine the third ambient condition information, the computer system is further programmed to:

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

identify a geo-location associated with the third content; and

determine at least a value associated with an ambient condition that existed at the identified geo-location during the identified date and/or time.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein the first ambient condition information indicates at least the value associated with the first ambient condition that existed at the time that the first content was created.

22. The system of claim 12, wherein the first ambient condition information indicates at least the value associated with the first ambient condition that existed at the time that the first content was posted.