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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Ofstad, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven Maxwell Seitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for browsing images of points of interest (POIs) are provided. Indication of selection of POI from among multiple POIs is received. Image graph associated with POI is identified. Image graph includes multiple images of POI. Tour path for POI is defined within image graph. Specific image from tour path defined within image graph is provided for display. Previous image and next image relative to specific image along tour path defined within image graph are determined. First set of additional images from image graph based on specific image is determined. First set of additional images corresponds to set of images in image graph proximate to specific image. Link to previous image or next image, and link to each member of first set of additional images for display with specific image are provided.