Systems and methods for photograph mapping

• US 9,881,093 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lance Butler
• Original Assignee: Lance Butler
• Inventors: Butler, Lance
• Primary Examiner(s): THAI, HANH B
• Application Number:
  US14/624,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20150302018A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,078 Days
• Field of Search: 707763, 707798, 707803, 707805, 707809
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

Systems and methods for photograph mapping are disclosed herein. In one embodiment a first digital image and at least one user-generated datum is received from at least one user. The first image is geographically organized according to the at least one datum. The first image is associated with at least one location and at least one direction. The first image is provided from a first person perspective to a user in response to a request.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a computer-readable memory including at least one user-generated digital image and at least one user-generated datum;

a processor in data communication with the memory and a network;

the processor comprising;

a first component configured to receive a first digital image, and at least one user-generated datum, from at least one user;

a second component configured to organize the first image geographically according to the at least one datum, including associating the first image with at least one location and at least one direction;

a third component configured to provide, from a first-person perspective, at least two user-generated digital images in response to at least one user request, wherein the at least two user-generated digital images are selected from the group comprising;

a view having a defined orientation associated with the view, including a lateral compass direction denoting a direction a camera was facing when the user-generated image was captured, and a vertical angle relative to a horizon of the location;

a zoom comprising a close-up image of an area within the view;

a spot comprising one or more of the views, taken from a single location, and facing in different lateral and/or vertical directions;

a fourth component configured to track the number of changes made to data that are stored locally on the computer of a user of a network-based application; and

further comprising a modification indicator that denotes changes to the appearance of a graphical representation of dirtiness with respect to changes in unsaved data wherein dirtiness comprises having unsaved changes in said unsaved data.

2. The modification indicator of claim 1 wherein:

the modification indicator can change slightly each time the user modifies data; and

a user can gradually alter the appearance of one or more aspects of the graphical representation of the modification indicator.