US 12,292,903 B2
Method and apparatus for aggregating and presenting data associated with geographic locations
Mark Boyns, Alpine, CA (US); Chandrakant Mehta, Cupertino, CA (US); Jeffrey Tsay, San Marcos, CA (US); and Giridhar Dhati Mandyam, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/331,863.
Application 18/331,863 is a continuation of application No. 17/165,879, filed on Feb. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,720,608.
Application 17/165,879 is a continuation of application No. 15/385,539, filed on Dec. 20, 2016, granted, now 10,942,950, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Application 15/385,539 is a continuation of application No. 12/470,475, filed on May 21, 2009, granted, now 9,646,025, issued on May 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/056,406, filed on May 27, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350925 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/20 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 16/29 (2019.01) [H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a mobile device, comprising:
displaying a plurality of categories of recommendations, the plurality of categories of recommendations being based on a regional profile of a geographic region, the regional profile including a set of points of interest within the geographic region, the regional profile including a set of geotag data associated with the set of points of interest, the set of geotag data including user ratings of the set of points of interest, names of users providing the user ratings, and tags assigned to the geotag data, wherein the plurality of categories of recommendations is different for a first geographic region of a plurality of geographic regions compared to a second geographic region of the plurality of geographic regions;
obtaining a selection of a category of the plurality of categories of recommendations;
displaying, responsive to the obtained category of the plurality of categories of recommendations, at least one recommended point of interest from the set of points of interest via a user interface of the mobile device, wherein the at least one recommended point of interest is displayed based on at least the user ratings of the set of points of interest within the geographic region, including the at least one recommended point of interest;
obtaining a selection of a point of interest from among the displayed at least one recommended point of interest; and
providing user-uploaded media content associated with the selected point of interest via the user interface of the mobile device, wherein the user-uploaded media content includes user-captured audio data captured at the selected point of interest, wherein the user-captured audio data includes at least one or more audio samples from the selected point of interest recorded by at least one user that provided the user-uploaded media content, and wherein the user-captured audio data further includes one or more category tags for the selected point of interest recorded by the at least one user that provided the user-uploaded media content.