SEARCHING AND CLASSIFYING INFORMATION ABOUT GEOGRAPHIC OBJECTS WITHIN A DEFINED AREA OF AN ELECTRONIC MAP

• US 20150052116A1
• Filed: 06/03/2014
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Billy W., Rakshit, Sarbajit K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,443,023 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

Provided are a method, computer program product and system for classifying and displaying information. A boundary within an electronic map is determined, based on a drawn closed shape. At least one geographic object, at least partially within the boundary, is identified. Each geographic object is representable by one or more geographic coordinates. A search is performed, on an external data source, for unstructured information associated with the at least one geographic object and a plurality of search results are received. The plurality of search results are classified and displayed according to a user topic of interest.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for classifying and displaying information, comprising:

determining a boundary within an electronic map based on a drawn closed shape, by at least one computing processor;

identifying at least one geographic object at least partially within the boundary, wherein each geographic object is representable by one or more geographic coordinates, by the at least one computing processor;

performing a search on at least one external data source for unstructured information associated with the at least one geographic object and receiving a plurality of search results, by the at least one computing processor; and

classifying the plurality of search results according to a user topic of interest, and displaying the classified results, by the at least one computing processor.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining is performed automatically upon receiving the drawn closed shape.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the boundary further comprises:

extending the drawn closed shape by a buffer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein classifying is performed with ontological classification.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search is performed dynamically.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying further comprises:

automatically extracting the at least one geographic object displayed on a detail display of the electronic map.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing a second search using metadata associated with media contained in the plurality of search results; and

adding the results of the second search to the plurality of search results.

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