US 10,648,829 B2 · Selecting content items using map contexts by background applications

Abstract

A map application generates a map context that includes information such as the current location and route of a user of a device, and a recent search history. The map context is provided to one or more background applications of the device, which use the map context to determine any content items that may be relevant to the user of the device. The determined content items are provided to the map application, and are presented to the user in the map application. In another implementation, applications running on the device save metadata related to the content items that were provided to the user by the applications. Later, when a user opens the map application, the map application selects content items based on the saved metadata and a map context, and presents the selected content items to the user in the map application.

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Dependent claims

A system for selecting content items based on map contexts by background applications and for rendering the selected content items on a map, the system comprising:

a computing device;
and
a map engine executed on the computing device and adapted to:
generate a map context, wherein the map context comprises a current location of the at least one computing device;
provide the generated map context to each of a plurality of background applications executing on the computing device;
in response to the provided map context, receive one or more content items from the plurality of background applications that are executing on the computing device, wherein each content item is associated with a location and each content item was selected by the respective background application of the plurality of background applications based on the map context;
render a map on a display associated with the at least one computing device;
and
render at least one of the received one or more selected content items on the rendered map based on the locations associated with the received one or more selected content items and the location of the at least one computing device.

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Selecting content items using map contexts by background applications

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Abstract

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