Shared Image Database With Geographic Navigation
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorMichael Jonathan FRIEDMANN
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method executed on a computing device, the method comprising:
- displaying a map on a user interface;
- receiving a user selection of a point on the map displayed on the user interface;
- causing a search of an external image database for one or more images within a range of the point on the map;
- and
- displaying the one or more images from the search.
A computing device for searching an external image database, the computing device comprising:
- a user interface comprising a display for displaying a map;
- the user interface enabling user selection of a point on the map;
- a processor for causing a radiofrequency transceiver to cause a search of the external image database for one or more images within a range of the point on the map;
- and
- wherein the display further displays an image from the search.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions in code which when loaded in memory and executed by a processor of a computing device cause the device to:
- display a map on a user interface;
- receive a user selection of a point on the map displayed on the user interface;
- cause a search of an external image database for one or more images within a range of the point on the map;
- and
- display the one or more images from the search.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.