Gathering missing information elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019050901-A1
Application number	US-201715675011-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 11, 2017
Priority date	Oct 6, 2009
Publication date	Feb 14, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

This technology relates to requesting missing data associated with a geographic location. The system may comprise a memory for storing lists of information elements each associated with one or more physical types of geographic locations and a processor. The processor may be programmed to receive a current location of a client device and determine the current location is proximate to a first geographic location. The processor may determine a physical location type of the first geographic location and retrieve a list of information elements associated with the physical location type. The list of items may be compared to a set of information elements associated with the first geographic location and a determination of a missing information element may be made. A notification may be generated based on the missing information element and the determination that the client device is proximate to the first geographic location.

First claim

1 . A system for requesting missing data comprising:
memory for storing lists of information elements each associated with one or more physical types of geographic locations; and a processor coupled to the memory and being operable to: receive a current location of a client device; determine the current location of the client device is proximate to a first geographic location; determine a physical location type of the first geographic location; retrieve a list of information elements associated with the physical location type of the first geographic location from the memory; compare the list of information elements associated with the physical location type of the first geographic location to a set of information elements associated with the first geographic location; determine a missing information element based on the comparing; and generate a notification based on the missing information element and the determination that the current location of the client device is proximate to the first geographic location, the notification requesting that a user of the client device obtain the missing information element.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the current geographic location is proximate to the first geographic location if the first geographic location is within a fixed distance from the current geographic location.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operable to:
associate the missing information element with the first geographic location; and store the association in the memory.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operable to:
receive, from the client device, information including the missing information element; and include the missing information element in the set of information elements stored in the memory.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the received information is an image and the method further comprises extracting the missing information element from the image.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit additional notifications requesting information to the client device if the client device has previously contributed to the set of information elements stored in the memory.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the notification over a network for display on a display of the client device, the notification comprising an indication of the first geographic location and the missing information element.

8 . A method for requesting missing data comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, a current location of a client device; determining, by the one or more processors, that the current location of the client device is proximate to a first geographic location; determining, by the one or more processors, a physical location type of the first geographic location; retrieving, by the one or more processors, a list of information elements associated with the physical location type of the first geographic location; comparing, by the one or more processors, the list of information elements associated with the physical location type of the first geographic location to a set of information elements associated with the first geographic location retrieved from a memory; determining, by the one or more processors, a missing information element based on the comparing; and generating, by the one or more processors, a notification based on the missing information element and the determination that the current location of the client device is proximate to the first geographic location, the notification requesting that a user of the client device provide the missing information element.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the current geographic location is proximate to the first geographic location if the first geographic location is within a fixed distance from the current geographic location.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the determination of whether the device is proximate to the first geographic location is performed at a server computer.

11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
associating the missing information element with the first geographic location; and storing the association in the memory.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the received current geographic location includes latitude and longitude information.

13 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving information including the missing information element; and including the missing information element in the set of information elements stored in the memory.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the received information is an image and the method further comprises extracting the missing information element from the image.

15 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the missing information element is an image.

16 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the notification requests the user input the missing information element as text.

17 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising transmitting additional notifications requesting information to the client device if the client device has previously contributed to the set of information elements stored in the memory.

18 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the physical location type of the first geographic location is a business and the list of information elements associated with the physical location type of the first geographic location comprises one or more of:
a name of the business, hours of operation of the business, a phone number of the business, an email address of the business, a business type, and a menu for the business.

19 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising transmitting the notification over a network for display on a display of the client device, the notification comprising an indication of the first geographic location and the missing information element.

20 . A client device comprising:
a display; a geographic positioning device; and a processor coupled to the display and the geographic positioning device, the processor being operable to: transmit, to a server, the current location of the client device determined by the geographic positioning device; receive a request from the server regarding a geographic location, the geographic location located within a threshold distance from a current location determined by the geographic positioning device of the client device and having a physical location type associated with a list of items of information, wherein the request identifies an information element missing from the list of items of information; and display, on the display, a notification in response to the request, wherein the notification comprises an indication of the first geographic location and the missing information element overlaid on the display.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Vincent Luc
• Szybalski Andrew Timothy

Classifications

• H04W4/206

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06Q30/0252

  based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals · CPC title

• G06Q30/0261 Primary

  based on user location · CPC title

• G06Q30/0267

  Wireless devices · CPC title

• H04W4/021

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title