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Patent No.:

US 10664510 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2018

Displaying clusters of media items on a map using representative media items

Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gregor Hochmuth, San Francisco, CA (US);

Tim Van Damme, San Francisco, CA (US);

Philip McAllister, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kevin Systrom, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:

Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jeffery A Brier

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/40 (2019.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G09G 5/377 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01); G06T 3/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/40 (2019.01); G06F 3/03 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 16/285 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06K 9/00476 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01); G06K 9/6218 (2013.01); G06T 3/20 (2013.01); G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01); G09G 5/377 (2013.01); G06K 2009/4666 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2200/28 (2013.01); G06T 2200/32 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Clustering media items includes: identifying a first plurality of media items associated with a first map view of a map; grouping the first plurality of media items into a first set of one or more clusters that correspond to a first set of one or more respective regions; displaying the first set of one or more clusters using a first set of one or more representative media items; in response to a request to change the first map view: identifying a second plurality of media items in a second map view associated with the request; grouping the second plurality of media items into a second set of one or more clusters that corresponds to a second set of one or more respective regions; and displaying the second set of one or more clusters using a second set of one or more representative media items.

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