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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Move, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Duke Fan, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Yi-Fang Yen, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Michael James Leavy, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Catherine Elizabeth Tiritoglu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Move, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing a map-based advertising system. In one example embodiment, a method is provided that includes causing a graphical geographic representation of a bounded area to be displayed, receiving advertising content comprising at least one location, and determining whether the location lies within the bounded area. The method further includes causing at least a portion of the advertising content to be displayed and causing a representation of the at least one location to be displayed within the graphical geographic representation of the bounded area in an instance in which the location lies within the bounded area.