The patent application was discovered on Thursday by AppleInsider and is titled "Relevancy Ranking for Map-Related Search." It "describes how an iPhone would optionally report a user's present location, via GPS, to help Apple improve its search results."
Abstract
The following relates to ranking search results consisting of locations or recommending locations to visit based on recorded data representing visits by a plurality of users to the locations represented as search results or recommended locations to visit. The data representing users' visits can be recorded by receiving data anonymously reported by handheld communication devices carried by the plurality of users. A handheld communication device, which is carried by a user, can report to the system the user's present location optionally associated with a time stamp. The handheld communication device can report either a single location coordinate or a collection of coordinates gathered over time.
It's assigned to former Placebaser Jaron Waldman and Sr Director Product Marketing at Apple, Chad Richards and the app dates back to March 2010
- AppleInsider
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/09 at 03:48 AM |
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In just the first 10 days of August, the Bing Maps team has made four big announcements from an app contest with a flashy cab care calculator, to the addition of an OpenStreetMap layer, to a new dynamic labels interface with new cartography, to an app for citizens of Seattle. How does this position Bing Maps as continues the battle with Google in the geospatial arena?
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by Adena Schutzberg on 08/10 at 01:00 AM |
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July saw more than its share of acquisitions in the geospatial domain. Among the players involved were large companies with household names like Nokia and Facebook, and smaller ones only known in tighter circles, including NextStop and Photo Science. Our editors review the deals and offer predictions on their success.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 07/27 at 01:00 AM |
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Last week’s SXSW Interactive event included lots of buzz about location based services, with just about every article noting the excitement around Foursquare and Gowalla. There were no huge announcements or “big winners,” at the event, but judging from other recent LBS announcement our editors think the group of services that tap into location have reached a key milepost in their development and use. Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg share their evidence for drawing a line in the sand.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 03/23 at 01:00 AM |
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See the bottom of this post for the UPDATE…
Are you tired yet of the Verizon Wireless vs. AT&T commericals with dueling maps? Verizon’s coverage map masks AT&T’s map for 3G. After watching the commercial "umteen" times I just had to find out if Verizon was exaggerating. But they couldn’t, right? AT&T would be all over them like a bad suit…a lawsuit! But if true, what great marketing on the part of Verizon. So, let’s see the map. Below are the maps (click maps for larger image) provided by each cellular carrier directly from their website. And, yes, AT&T has admittedly far less coverage. But AT&T really doesn’t want you to see the nationwide map. Before showing you any map, they ask you for your ZIP code first so they can zoom directly to the area of 3G coverage. You have to zoom out to see the full 3G map coverage. AT&T has since been running commercials showing a new nationwide coverage map. But don’t be fooled; that’s only "voice" coverage, not 3G for those who need high speed data transfer. Verizon wins; and this summer the iPhone is likely to be available for the Verizon Wireless network.
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by Joe Francica on 01/19 at 12:19 PM |
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