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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2006
Joshy Joseph, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Sridhar Ramaswamy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark Rose, Los Altos, CA (US);
Joshy Joseph, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Sridhar Ramaswamy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark Rose, Los Altos, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for selecting targeted information (e.g., advertisements) for serving with map views. The information is associated with target geographical areas (e.g., cities, metropolises, regions, countries) identified by the information providers. A given message or other set of information may be served with map views that significantly intersect the message's target area. A target area significantly intersects a map view if it overlaps the map view by at least a threshold percentage of the map view (e.g., 25%). Messages' target areas may first be compared with a map view to identify those that significantly intersect. Then, the messages whose target areas significantly intersect the map view may be filtered or screened based on any search terms or key words received with a request for the map view.