Location-based search mechanism in a graphical user interface

US10963529B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SNAP INC. · US

Inventors

• Daniel Amitay · New York, US
• Jonathan Brody · Santa Monica, US
• Timothy Jordan Garcia · Toronto, CA
• Leonid Gorkin · Chappaqua, US
• Andrew Lin · Manhattan, US
• Walton Lin · Chatham, US
• Evan Spiegel · Los Angeles, US
• Nayana Samaranayake · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2200/24
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A social media platform provides a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) for accessing social media content submitted for public accessibility via the social media platform supported by the map-based GUI. The GUI includes a map providing interactive location-based searching functionality in that selection of a target location by the user in the GUI, such as by tapping or clicking at the target location, triggers a search for social media content having geo-tag data indicating geographic locations within a geographical search area centered on the target location.