Patent ID: 9436666
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G01C,G06F,G06Q,G09B,H04H,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: providing, by a map server, map data of a geographical area for presentation to a first user on a first user device; receiving, by an annotation server from the first user device, a live annotation associated with a geographical location within the geographical area, wherein the live annotation comprises a description associated with the geographical location within the geographical area; obtaining, by the annotation server, an updated description for the live annotation; providing updated map data of the geographical area including providing by the annotation server, the updated description of the live annotation for presentation to the first user on the first user device; receiving, from a different second user associated with a second user device, a request for map data of a second geographical area that includes the geographical location associated with the live annotation received from the first user; and in response to the request, providing, to the second user device, map data of the second geographical area, including providing, by the annotation server, the live annotation received from the first user for presentation to the second user on the second user device.