Interior spaces in a geo-spatial environment

• US 20080270945A1
• Filed: 04/24/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj Vasant
• Application Number:
  US11/789,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20080270945A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/848
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system of interior spaces in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a plurality of user profiles, each user profile in the plurality of user profiles including an associated specific geographic location, selecting a user profile in the plurality of user profiles, generating a first virtual interior space view of a first structure associated with a first specific geographic location of the selected user profile in the plurality of user profiles, and generating, with the first virtual interior space view, at least one wiki profile associated with the first virtual interior space view. The method may also include generating, with the at least one wiki profile, content appended to the at least one wiki profile. Furthermore, the method may include capturing a second virtual interior space view of a second structure associated with a second specific geographic location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a plurality of user profiles, each user profile in the plurality of user profiles including an associated specific geographic location;

selecting a user profile in the plurality of user profiles;

generating a first virtual interior space view of a first structure associated with a first specific geographic location of the selected user profile in the plurality of user profiles; and

generating, with the first virtual interior space view, at least one wiki profile associated with the first virtual interior space view.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, with the at least one wiki profile, content appended to the at least one wiki profile.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

capturing a second virtual interior space view of a second structure associated with a second specific geographic location; and

associating the second virtual interior space view with a user profile associated with the second specific geographic location in the plurality of user profiles.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating content associated with the at least one wiki profile; and

appending the content to the associated at least one wiki profile.

5. The method of claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.

6. A system comprising:

an integrated virtual view environment;

a social network module of the integrated virtual view environment to include user profiles, each user profile to include at least one virtual interior space view of a structure and a specific geographic location of the structure;

a map module to include map data of specific geographic locations, the map data to serve as a basis to correlate the specific geographic locations of the map data with virtual interior space views of structures associated with the specific geographic locations;

a selection module to select a user profile in the user profiles;

a virtual interior space module to generate the virtual interior space view of the structure of the user profile; and

a wiki module to generate, with the virtual interior space view of the structure of the user profile, at least one wiki profile associated with the virtual interior space view of the user profile.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a content module to generate, with the at least one wiki profile, content appended to the at least one wiki profile.

8. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a virtual interior space view creation module to capture the virtual interior space view of the structure and to associate the virtual interior space view with a particular user profile in the user profiles.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a locator module to determine a specific geographic location of the structure associated with the virtual interior space view and to associate the specific geographic location of the structure with the captured virtual interior space view.

10. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a wiki profile creation module to create a wiki profile and append the wiki profile to the virtual interior space view of an associated user profile in the user profiles.

11. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a content creation module to create and append content to the at least one wiki profile associated with the virtual interior space view.

12. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a claim module to claim a specific user profile in the user profiles.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a permission module to permit or prohibit modification of a claimed user profile in the user profiles.

14. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a one-click module to select a service associated with a user profile in the user profiles and to provide the selected service based on the specific geographic location of the user profile.

15. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a capture device to capture a virtual interior space view of a second structure having a corresponding specific geographic location.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the capture device further comprises a locator device to determine the specific geographic location of the structure and to associate the corresponding specific geographic location of the structure with the captured virtual interior space view.

17. The system of claim 6, wherein the structure further comprises a geographic area accessible to at least one public person.

18. An integrated virtual view environment, comprising:

a first instruction set to enable a social network including a user database, the user database including associated user profiles, the social network to reside above global map data, in which the social network is associated with specific geographic locations identifiable in the global map data;

a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set to select a user profile in the user profiles, the user profile including a layout reference to a layout associated with a specific geographic location identifiable in the global map data; and

a third instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set to generate a virtual private property space view of a private property associated with the layout reference of the selected user profile.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

a fourth instruction set to generate wiki profiles, wherein at least one wiki profile is associated with a specific user profile in the user profiles of the social network, and wherein the virtual private property space view is at least one of a zoo map, a walking path in an amusement park, a location visited often by a public audience on private property, a stadium, a meeting place, a shopping center, a building, and an interior space.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

a fifth instruction set to generate content, wherein the content is appended to the at least one wiki profile.

21. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

a sixth instruction set to capture a virtual interior space view and to associate the visual interior space view with a specific geographic location of a user profile in the user profiles.

22. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

a seventh instruction set to create a wiki profile and content and to add the wiki profile and content to a particular user profile in the user profiles.