US 11,670,025 B2
Mobile-based cartographic control of display content
Ebony James Charlton, Los Angeles, CA (US); Dhritiman Sagar, Marina del Rey, CA (US); and Daniel Vincent Grippi, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on May 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/323,182.
Application 17/323,182 is a continuation of application No. 16/746,552, filed on Jan. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,030,787.
Application 16/746,552 is a continuation of application No. 15/797,859, filed on Oct. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,573,043.
Prior Publication US 2021/0383583 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01)
CPC G06T 11/60 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining a geographic location of the client device based on location data from one or more sensors of the client device;
displaying a map on a display device of a client device;
determining a zoom level of the displayed map;
determining that a geographic location of an icon is located within the displayed map;
identifying a first geo-fence area of the icon based on the geographic location of the icon, the first geo-fence area corresponding to a display of the icon on the displayed map;
identifying a second geo-fence area of the icon based on the geographic location of the icon, the second geo-fence area corresponding to unlocked access to content associated with the icon;
determining a state of the icon based on the zoom level of the displayed map, the geographic location of the client device relative to the first geo-fence area of the icon, and the geographic location of the client device relative to the second geo-fence area of the icon;
determining whether to display the icon in the displayed map based on the state of the icon; and
determining whether to unlock access to content associated with the icon based on the state of the icon.