Location based tracking

• US 8,108,144 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Forstall, Scott, Christie, Gregory N., Borchers, Robert E., Chaudhri, Imran A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Arthur Jeanglaude, Gertrude
• Application Number:
  US12/164,866
• Publication Number:
  US 20090003659A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,310 Days
• Field of Search: 701/206, 701/207, 701/211, 701/212, 701/213, 701/214, 701/300, 340/988, 340/995.1, 340/995.24, 340/995.28
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3807 characterised by the type of data
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3841 Data obtained from two or more sources, e.g. probe vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image or text data. In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects data associated with a geographic location of interest. The geographic location of interest can be displayed on a map using an indicator. A touch selection of the indicator provides access to the data through an interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display. One or more locations of interest can be displayed and grouped together by an attribute.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting a map of a geographic region on a mobile device display;

determining a geographic location of the mobile device;

receiving data in response to an input selecting the data;

associating the data with the geographic location to produce first geographically tagged data; and

storing the first geographically tagged data on the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

positioning a first indicator on the map display in accordance with the geographic location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the geographic location of the mobile device further comprises:

receiving the geographic location from a source external to the mobile device, the source being communicatively connected to the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location is Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate data.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving input selecting a second geographic location;

receiving data in response to an input selecting the data;

associating the data with the second geographic location to produce second geographically tagged data; and

storing the second geographically tagged data on the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

positioning a second indicator on the map display in accordance with the second geographic location.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

presenting the indicator and the second indicator on the map display;

receiving a selection of one of the first indicator or the second indicator; and

displaying, on the mobile device, the first geographically tagged data or the second geographically tagged data in accordance with the selection.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input selecting the geographic location;

receiving an input selecting a type of data to be displayed associated with the geographic location; and

displaying an indication of the geographic location and the selected type of data in a user interface provided by the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating the data with the geographic location using geotags.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating the first geographically tagged data to a device external of the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying the first geographically tagged data on the device external of the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the data, captured by the mobile device, comprises one of text, images, audio or video associated with the geographic location.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

compiling the data into a multimedia presentation.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the input from a touch-sensitive display provided by the mobile device.

15. A system comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising;

presenting a map of a geographic region on a mobile device display;

determining a geographic location of the mobile device;

receiving data in response to an input selecting the data;

associating the data with the geographic location to produce first geographically tagged data; and

storing the first geographically tagged data on the mobile device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the geographic location is Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate data.

17. The system of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

receiving the geographic location from a source external to the mobile device, the source being communicatively connected to the mobile device.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein determining the geographic location of the mobile device further comprises:

positioning a first indicator on the map display in accordance with the geographic location.

19. The system of claim 18, the operations further comprising:

receiving input selecting a second geographic location;

receiving data in response to an input selecting the data;

associating the data with the second geographic location to produce second geographically tagged data; and

storing the second geographically tagged data on the mobile device.

20. The system of claim 19, the operations further comprising:

positioning a second indicator on the map display in accordance with the second geographic location.

21. The system of claim 20, the operations further comprising:

presenting the first indicator and the second indicator on the map display;

receiving a selection of one of the first indicator or the second indicator; and

displaying, on the mobile device, the first geographically tagged data or the second geographically tagged data in accordance with the selection.

22. The system of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

receiving an input selecting the geographic location;

receiving an input selecting a type of data to be displayed associated with the geographic location; and

displaying an indication of the geographic location and the selected type of data in a user interface provided by the mobile device.

23. The system of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

associating the data with the geographic location using geotags.

24. The system of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

communicating the first geographically tagged data to a device external of the mobile device.

25. The system of claim 24, the operations further comprising:

displaying the first geographically tagged data on the device external of the mobile device.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the data, captured by the mobile device, comprises one of text, images, audio or video associated with the geographic location.

27. The system of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

compiling the data into a multimedia presentation.

28. The system of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

receiving the input from a touch-sensitive display provided by the mobile device.

29. A computer program product, encoded on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

presenting a map of a geographic region on a mobile device display;

determining a geographic location of the mobile device;

receiving data in response to an input selecting the data;

associating the data with the geographic location to produce first geographically tagged data; and

storing the first geographically tagged data on the mobile device.

30. The computer program product of claim 29, wherein the geographic location is Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate data.

31. The computer program product of claim 29, wherein determining the geographic location of the mobile device further comprises:

receiving the geographic location from a source external to the mobile device, the source being communicatively connected to the mobile device.

32. The computer program product of claim 29, the operations further comprising:

positioning a first indicator on the map display in accordance with the geographic location.

33. The computer program product of claim 32, the operations further comprising:

receiving input selecting a second geographic location;

receiving data in response to an input selecting the data;

associating the data with the second geographic location to produce second geographically tagged data; and

storing the second geographically tagged data on the mobile device.

34. The computer program product of claim 33, the operations further comprising:

positioning a second indicator on the map display in accordance with the second geographic location.

35. The computer program product of claim 34, the operations further comprising:

presenting the first indicator and the second indicator on the map display;

receiving a selection of one of the first indicator or the second indicator; and

displaying, on the mobile device, the first geographically tagged data or the second geographically tagged data in accordance with the selection.

36. The computer program product of claim 29, the operations further comprising:

receiving an input selecting the geographic location;

receiving an input selecting a type of data to be displayed associated with the geographic location; and

displaying an indication of the geographic location and the selected type of data in a user interface provided by the mobile device.

37. The computer program product of claim 29, the operations further comprising:

associating the data with the geographic location using geotags.

38. The computer program product of claim 29, the operations further comprising:

communicating the first geographically tagged data to a device external of the mobile device.

39. The computer program product of claim 38, the operations further comprising:

displaying the first geographically tagged data on the device external of the mobile device.

40. The computer program product of claim 29, wherein the data, captured by the mobile device, comprises one of text, images, audio or video associated with the geographic location.

41. The computer program product of claim 29, the operations further comprising:

compiling the data into a multimedia presentation.

42. The computer program product of claim 29, the operations further comprising:

receiving the input from a touch-sensitive display provided by the mobile device.