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Location-based search mechanism in a graphical user interface

US11474663B2 · kind B2 · utility

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388References

20Claims

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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	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2200/24
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical 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.

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