Apparatus and method for generating and retrieving location-tagged content in computing device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChan-Hee JUNG, Sang-Woong HWANG, Joon-Hwan KIM
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for generating and retrieving content in a computing device by operating a computing device, determining a location of the computing device and a place mark corresponding to the location is tagged to content.
Claims55
A method for operating a computing device, the method comprising:
- determining a location of the computing device;
- and
- tagging content with a place mark corresponding to the location.
A method for operating a computing device, the method comprising:
- displaying a list of content tagged with a first place mark among content registered in a database;
- requesting sharing of content selected by a user from the list of content;
- and
- receiving the content from the database.
A method for operating a database, the method comprising:
- providing a list of content tagged with a first place mark to a first user;
- receiving a request to share content from the list of content;
- and
- providing the content to the first user.
A computing device, the computing device comprising:
- a location estimator configured to determine a location of the computing device;
- and
- a controller configured to tag content with a place mark corresponding to the location.
A computing device comprising:
- a display unit configured to display a list of content tagged with a first place mark among content registered in a database;
- a controller configured to request sharing of content selected by a user from the list of content;
- and
- a communication unit configured to receive the content from the database.
A database unit, the database unit comprising:
- a storage configured to store content registered by a user;
- a controller configured to provide a list of content tagged with a first place mark to a first user;
- and
- a communication unit configured to receive a request to share content from the list of content and provide the content to the first user.
A method for operating a computing device, the method comprising:
- determining a location of the computing device using a Global Positioning System (GPS);
- transmitting the location to a database;
- receiving a place mark corresponding to the location from the database;
- and
- tagging content with at least one of a place mark corresponding to the location, the location, a time, and weather information.
A method for operating a computing device, the method comprising:
- requesting a database to transmit a list of content tagged with a first place mark;
- receiving the list of content from the database;
- displaying the list of content;
- requesting the database to transmit content selected by a user from the list of content;
- and
- receiving the content from the database.
A method for operating a database, the method comprising:
- receiving a retrieve request of content tagged with a first place mark from a first user;
- retrieving content tagged with the first place mark among user registered content;
- providing a list of content tagged with the first place mark to the first user;
- receiving a request to share content from the list of content;
- and
- providing the content to the first user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.