Method and apparatus for presenting geographical location

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10193986-B2
Application number	US-201615178022-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2016
Priority date	Apr 25, 2014
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

Method and device of sharing location information in a social network application are disclosed. The method includes: a user device providing an instant messaging interface of a social network application at the user device; detecting, within the instant messaging interface, a trigger input associated with location information from a first user of the first user device; in response to the trigger input associated with location information, obtaining a map based on the trigger input; and sharing the map with a second user device through the social network application, enabling the second user device to display the map in a corresponding instant messaging interface of the social network application executed at the second user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of sharing location information in a social network application, comprising:
at a first user device having one or more processors and memory for storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors:
providing an instant messaging interface of the social network application at the first user device;
detecting, within the instant messaging interface, a trigger input from a first user of the first user device, the trigger input is associated with location information of the first user device;
in response to the trigger input associated with location information, obtaining a map of a location of the first user device based on the trigger input; and
sharing the map of the location of the first user device with a second user device through the social network application, enabling the second user device to display the map of the location of the first user device in a corresponding instant messaging interface of the social network application executed at the second user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the trigger input associated with location information further comprises:
detecting a chat message input containing one or more keywords associated with location information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the chat message input is detected in a message input box on the instant message interface, and the method further comprises:
in response to detecting the chat message input associated with location information, displaying the map of the location of the first user device within the instant message interface at the first user device.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the chat message input is a voice message input, and the method further comprises:
converting the voice message input into text;
extract an address from the text;
marking a location corresponding to the address in the map of the location of the first user device as a first location; and
displaying the address in a manner to associate the address with the first location in the map of the location of the first user device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a chat message from one of the first user and the second user device;
detecting an indication that the chat message is associated with a first location; and
in response to detecting the indication that the chat message is associated with the first location, displaying the chat message in the map of the location of the first user device in a manner to associate the chat message with the first location.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after sharing the map of the location of the first user device with the second user device through the social network application, receiving a selection of a first location on the map of the location of the first user device from the first user;
marking the first location on the map of the location of the first user device; and
sending the first location to the second user device, causing the second user device to mark the first location on the map of the location of the first user device displayed at the second user device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying the map of the location of the first user device within the instant message interface at the first user device;
after sharing the map of the location of the first user device with the second user device through the social network application, receiving a selection of a first location on the map of the location of the first user device from the second user device; and
in response to the selection of the first location on the map of the location of the first user device from the second user device, marking the first location on the map of the location of the first user device displayed at the first user device.

8. A device of sharing location information in a social network application, comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
providing an instant messaging interface of a social network application at a first user device;
detecting, within the instant messaging interface, a trigger input from a first user of the first user device, the trigger input is associated with location information of the first user device;
in response to the trigger input associated with location information, obtaining a map of a location of the first user device based on the trigger input; and
sharing the map of the location of the first user device with a second user device through the social network application, enabling the second user device to display the map of the location of the first user device in a corresponding instant messaging interface of the social network application executed at the second user device.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein detecting the trigger input associated with location information further comprises:
detecting a chat message input containing one or more keywords associated with location information.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the chat message input is detected in a message input box on the instant message interface, and the method further comprises:
in response to detecting the chat message input associated with location information, displaying the map of the location of the first user device within the instant message interface at the first user device.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the chat message input is a voice message input, and the method further comprises:
converting the voice message input into text;
extract an address from the text;
marking a location corresponding to the address in the map of the location of the first user device as a first location; and
displaying the address in a manner to associate the address with the first location in the map of the location of the first user device.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a chat message from one of the first user and the second user device;
detecting an indication that the chat message is associated with the first location; and
in response to detecting the indication that the chat message is associated with the first location, displaying the chat message in the map of the location of the first user device in a manner to associate the chat message with the first location.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
after sharing the map of the location of the first user device with the second user device through the social network application, receiving a selection of a first location on the map of the location of the first user device from the first user;
marking the first location on the map of the location of the first user device; and
sending the first location to the second user device, causing the second user device to mark the first location on the map of the location of the first user device displayed at the second user device.

14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
displaying the map of the location of the first user device within the instant message interface at the first user device;
after sharing the map of the location of the first user device with the second user device through the social network application, receiving a selection of a first location on the map of the location of the first user device from the second user device; and
in response to the selection of the first location on the map of the location of the first user device from the second user device, marking the first location on the map displayed at the first u

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Wenbin
• Chen Pinlin
• Zhang Yuyun

Classifications

• H04M1/72547

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G01C21/005

  with correlation of navigation data from several sources, e.g. map or contour matching (G01C21/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04M1/7255

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/04

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title

• H04L67/18 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic