Shared image database with geographic navigation
AssigneeBlackBerry 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.
Claims19
A method at a server comprising:
- maintaining, in memory of the server, a shared image database, the shared image database comprising images stored in association with a geographic location;
- receiving a request from a client device, the request comprising a requested geographic location;
- searching the shared image database for images corresponding to the requested geographic location;
- transmitting the images corresponding to the requested geographic location to the client device.
A server, comprising:
- a telecommunications subsystem;
- memory;
- and
- a processor;
- wherein the telecommunications subsystem and the processor cooperate to:
- maintain, in the memory, a shared image database, the shared image database comprising images stored in association with a geographic location;
- receive a request from a client device, the request comprising a requested geographic location;
- search the shared image database for images corresponding to the requested geographic location;
- transmit the images corresponding to the requested geographic location to the client device.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable code for execution by a processor of a server, the executable code comprising instructions for:
- maintaining, in memory of the server, a shared image database, the shared image database comprising images stored in association with a geographic location;
- receiving a request from a client device, the request comprising a requested geographic location;
- searching the shared image database for images corresponding to the requested geographic location;
- transmitting the images corresponding to the requested geographic location to the client device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.