Temporal Layers for Presenting Personalization Markers on Imagery

Abstract

A temporal layer containing personalization markers (e.g., placemarks) created by a user at a given time (or time period), can be combined with map imagery, allowing the user (or other users) to show only the personalization markers contained in the temporal layer. Temporal layers can be of arbitrary temporal or geographical size, fully or partially overlapping in time or space, split into smaller temporal layers, logically aligned or combined and/or continuous or non-continuous in time or space. Temporal layers can be stored in a repository where they can be searched and used by others. Temporal layers can be associated with search services (e.g., news search) or search histories (e.g., automatic temporal layers based on search history). A user's personal profile can be compared with other users' personal profiles and the results of the comparison can be used to recommend temporal layers. Advertisements can be associated with temporal layers.

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         34 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 receiving, by a mobile computing device comprising one or more processor devices, information indicative of a requested time period and a particular Point of Interest (POI), wherein the requested time period comprises a start time and an end time, and wherein at least the start time is prior to a time at which the information indicative of the requested time period is received;   based on the requested time period, retrieving, by the mobile computing device from a server computing system, a personalization marker associated with the particular POI, wherein the personalization marker comprises content associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period; and   causing, by the mobile computing device via a display device associated with the mobile computing device, display of an interface element overlaying imagery associated with the particular POI, wherein the interface element is indicative of the content associated with the particular POI.   
     
     
         35 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 34 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, by the mobile computing device from the server computing system, a digital image taken at the particular POI within the requested time period. 
     
     
         36 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 34 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, by the mobile computing device from the server computing system, a hyperlink associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period. 
     
     
         37 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 34 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, by the mobile computing device from the server computing system, video data associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period. 
     
     
         38 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 34 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, by the mobile computing device from the server computing system, a document associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period. 
     
     
         39 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 34 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, by the mobile computing device from the server computing system, audio data associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period. 
     
     
         40 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 34 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker associated with the particular POI further comprises:
 based on the requested time period, retrieving, by the mobile computing device from the server computing system, advertising content associated with either (a) the particular POI or (b) the requested time period.   
     
     
         41 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 40 , wherein causing the display of the interface element overlaying imagery associated with the particular POI further comprises:
 causing, by the mobile computing device via the display device associated with the mobile computing device, display of a second interface element overlaying the imagery associated with the particular POI, wherein the second interface element is indicative of the advertising content.   
     
     
         42 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 34 , wherein the server computing system comprises a map server for an online map service. 
     
     
         43 . A computing device, comprising:
 a processor device; and   a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor device, cause performance of operations comprising:
 receiving information indicative of a requested time period and a particular Point of Interest (POI), wherein the requested time period comprises a start time and an end time, and wherein at least the start time is prior to a time at which the information indicative of the requested time period is received; 
 based on the requested time period, retrieving, from a server computing system, a personalization marker associated with the particular POI, wherein the personalization marker comprises content associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period; and 
 causing, via a display device associated with the computing device, display of an interface element overlaying imagery associated with the particular POI, wherein the interface element is indicative of the content associated with the particular POI. 
   
     
     
         44 . The computing device of  claim 43 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, from the server computing system, a digital image taken at the particular POI within the requested time period. 
     
     
         45 . The computing device of  claim 43 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, from the server computing system, a hyperlink associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period. 
     
     
         46 . The computing device of  claim 43 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, from the server computing system, video data associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period. 
     
     
         47 . The computing device of  claim 43 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, from the server computing system, a document associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period. 
     
     
         48 . The computing device of  claim 43 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, from the server computing system, audio data associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period. 
     
     
         49 . The computing device of  claim 43 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker associated with the particular POI further comprises:
 based on the requested time period, retrieving, by the computing device from the server computing system, advertising content associated with either (a) the particular POI or (b) the requested time period.   
     
     
         50 . The computing device of  claim 49 , wherein causing the display of the interface element overlaying imagery associated with the particular POI further comprises:
 causing, via the display device associated with the computing device, display of a second interface element overlaying the imagery associated with the particular POI, wherein the second interface element is indicative of the advertising content.   
     
     
         51 . The computing device of  claim 43 , wherein the server computing system comprises a map server for an online map service. 
     
     
         52 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause performance of operations comprising:
 receiving information indicative of a requested time period and a particular Point of Interest (POI), wherein the requested time period comprises a start time and an end time, and wherein at least the start time is prior to a time at which the information indicative of the requested time period is received;   based on the requested time period, retrieving, from a server computing system, a personalization marker associated with the particular POI, wherein the personalization marker comprises content associated with the particular POI that was previously provided to the server computing system within the requested time period; and   causing, via a display device associated with the computing device, display of an interface element overlaying imagery associated with the particular POI, wherein the interface element is indicative of the content associated with the particular POI.   
     
     
         53 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 52 , wherein retrieving the personalization marker comprises obtaining, from the server computing system, a digital image taken at the particular POI within the requested time period.