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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2010
David Dongjah Ahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Paul Bieniosek, San Mateo, CA (US);
Ian Robert Collins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Franco Salvetti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Toby Takeo Sterrett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Giovanni Lorenzo Thione, San Francisco, CA (US);
Grigor Shirakyan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Hamed Esfahani, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Dongjah Ahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Paul Bieniosek, San Mateo, CA (US);
Ian Robert Collins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Franco Salvetti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Toby Takeo Sterrett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Giovanni Lorenzo Thione, San Francisco, CA (US);
Grigor Shirakyan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Hamed Esfahani, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Computer-readable media and a computing device are described for providing geotemporal search and a search interface therefor. A search interface having a location portion and a timeline portion is provided. A geographic area is selected in the location portion by adjusting the visible area of a map. A temporal window is selected in the timeline portion by adjusting sliders along a timeline to a desired start and end time. The start and end times can be in the past, present, or future. A geotemporal search is executed based on the selected geographic area and temporal window to identify search results having associated metadata indicating a relationship to the selected geographic area and temporal window. One or more search terms are optionally provided to further refine the geotemporal search.