- Patent Title: System and method for determining visibility of geotagged content
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Application No.: US14064066Application Date: 2013-10-25
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Publication No.: US09247385B1Publication Date: 2016-01-26
- Inventor: Niels Johannes Heinen
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W4/02
Abstract:
A system and method for providing information corresponding to a set of geotagged content is provided. A location of a user operated mobile device is determined and mapping information of a target area associated with the location of the user operated mobile device is retrieved. Information corresponding to a several geotagged content in the target area is further retrieved. A visibility of each of the several geotagged content from the location of the user operated mobile device is determined based on the location of the user operated mobile device, the mapping information of the target area, and the retrieved information corresponding to several geotagged content in the target area. Information corresponding to a set of the several geotagged content determined to be visible from the location of the user is provided.
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