Shared image database with geographic navigation
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1. A method at a server comprising:
- maintaining, in memory of the server, a shared image database, the shared image database comprising images stored in association with a geographic location;
receiving, from one of a plurality of client devices, an image and associated geographic location information;
storing, within the shared image database, the image and associated geographic location information;
receiving a request from one of the plurality of client devices, the request comprising a requested geographic location;
searching the shared image database for images corresponding to the requested geographic location; and
transmitting the images corresponding to the requested geographic location to the one of the plurality of client devices.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
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1. A method at a server comprising:
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maintaining, in memory of the server, a shared image database, the shared image database comprising images stored in association with a geographic location; receiving, from one of a plurality of client devices, an image and associated geographic location information; storing, within the shared image database, the image and associated geographic location information; receiving a request from one of the plurality of client devices, the request comprising a requested geographic location; searching the shared image database for images corresponding to the requested geographic location; and transmitting the images corresponding to the requested geographic location to the one of the plurality of client devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A server comprising:
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a processor; memory; and a communications subsystem, wherein the server is configured to; maintain, in the memory of the server, a shared image database, the shared image database comprising images stored in association with a geographic location; receive, from one of a plurality of client devices, an image and associated geographic location information; store, within the shared image database, the image and associated geographic location information; receive a request from one of the plurality of client devices, the request comprising a requested geographic location; search the shared image database for images corresponding to the requested geographic location; and transmit the images corresponding to the requested geographic location to the one of the plurality of client devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instruction code, which, when executed by a processor of a server cause the server to:
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maintain, in the memory of the server, a shared image database, the shared image database comprising images stored in association with a geographic location; receive, from one of a plurality of client devices, an image and associated geographic location information; store, within the shared image database, the image and associated geographic location information; receive a request from one of the plurality of client devices, the request comprising a requested geographic location; search the shared image database for images corresponding to the requested geographic location; and transmit the images corresponding to the requested geographic location to the one of the plurality of client devices.
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