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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Sameer Agarwal, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven Maxwell Seitz, Seattle, WA (US);
David Robert Gallup, Bothell, WA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and machine-implemented method for providing one or more photos associated with a point of interest on a map, the method including receiving an indication of a request from a user to view photos associated with a point of interest on a map, identifying a set of photos associated with the point of interest, wherein the photos comprise at least one of photos taken from the point of interest or photos that depict at least part of the point of interest, ranking the photos within the set of photos according to ranking criteria, wherein the ranking criteria comprises one or more of map context, photo quality, photo type or user request information and providing one or more photos of the set of photos to the user according to the ranking.