View of a physical space augmented with social media content originating from a geo-location of the physical space
AssigneeGeofeedia, Inc.
InventorsPhilip B. HARRIS, Scott K. MITCHELL, Michael J. MULROY
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for augmenting a view of a physical space of one or more geographically definable locations (“geo-locations”) with social media and/or other content originating from the one or more geo-locations. Generally speaking, the system may include a computing device having one or more processors programmed to augment (e.g., add to, overlay, embed, etc.) the view of the physical space of a geo-location with social media content, thereby allowing a user to view a physical space at a geo-location along with social media content that was created from the geo-location.
Claims16
A system for augmenting a view of a physical space at a geographically definable location with social media content originating from the geographically definable location, wherein the augmented view includes an augmented space that is coincident with the physical space, the system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules, the one or more computer program modules comprising:
- a reality context module configured to:
- obtain (i) a real-time or stored image of a physical space at a geographically definable location and (ii) reality contextual information that describes a context for the physical space;
- a content context module configured to:
- obtain (i) social media content that was created at the geographically definable location, and (ii) content contextual information that describes a context for the social media content;
- an augmented reality module configured to:
- compare the reality contextual information with the content contextual information;
- determine a match between at least some of the reality contextual information and the content contextual information;
- cause a graphical representation of the content to be included in the augmented space that is coincident with the physical space such that the view is augmented with the augmented space;
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- provide the augmented view.
The system of claim 2, wherein the reality context module is configured to obtain the reality contextual information from one or more sensors that provide one or more sensor measurements with respect to the physical space.
A method for augmenting a view of a physical space at a geographically definable location with social media content originating from the geographically definable location, wherein the augmented view includes an augmented space that is coincident with the physical space, the method being implemented on a computer having one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a reality context module:
- (i) a real-time or stored image of a physical space at a geographically definable location, and (ii) reality contextual information that describes a context for the physical space;
- obtaining, by a content context module:
- (i) social media content that was created at the geographically definable location, and (ii) content contextual information that describes a context for the social media content;
- comparing, by an augmented reality module, the reality contextual information with the content contextual information;
- determining, by an augmented reality module, a match between at least some of the reality contextual information and the content contextual information;
- causing, by the augmented reality module, a graphical representation of the content to be included in the augmented space that is coincident with the physical space such that the view is augmented with the augmented space;
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- providing, by the augmented reality module, the augmented view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.