US 12,443,974 B2
Informational and advertiser links for use in web mapping services
Yushi Jing, Mountain View, CA (US); and Shumeet Baluja, Leesburg, VA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/654,791.
Application 18/654,791 is a continuation of application No. 16/183,175, filed on Nov. 7, 2018, granted, now 12,002,069.
Application 16/183,175 is a continuation of application No. 14/836,287, filed on Aug. 26, 2015, granted, now 10,152,728, issued on Dec. 11, 2018.
Application 14/836,287 is a continuation of application No. 12/025,862, filed on Feb. 5, 2008, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2024/0289842 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2023.01); G06Q 30/08 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0257 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0259 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0275 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); G06Q 30/08 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
providing, by a mobile device comprising one or more processor devices, to a server system:
information indicative of a particular geographic location; and
an image that depicts the particular geographic location;
wherein the information indicative of the particular geographic location comprises Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates for the mobile device obtained via a GPS sensor of the mobile device;
responsive to providing the information indicative of the particular geographic location, receiving, by the mobile device from the server system:
an image depicting a street view of the particular geographic location, wherein a portion of the image comprises a region of interest depicting a group of features associated with an object located within the particular geographic location; and
contextual information that is pertinent to the object, wherein the contextual information comprises a description of the object;
displaying, by the mobile device, the image via a display device of the mobile device, wherein the image is displayed with a user-selectable element overlaid on the portion of the image comprising the region of interest, and wherein the user-selectable element comprises a first portion of the contextual information;
receiving, by the mobile device, a touch input from a user of the mobile device, wherein the touch input selects the user-selectable element overlaid on the portion of the image comprising the region of interest; and
responsive to receiving the touch input, causing, by the mobile device, display of a second portion of the contextual information alongside display of the image via the display device of the mobile device, the second portion comprising the description of the object.