Patent ID: 9432453
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for sharing geospatial assets between local devices, the method comprising: receiving, with a first local device, a first geospatial asset from a remote master geographic information systems (GIS) server, the first geospatial asset comprising at least one of a 2-D map or a 3-D globe that corresponds to a data subset of at least one master geospatial asset stored on the remote master GIS server; storing the first geospatial asset on the first local device, the first local device including a processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the first local device to act as a local server; receiving, with the local server, an indication from a second local device that a second geospatial asset is available to be shared over a local wireless network, the second geospatial asset differing from the first geospatial asset; broadcasting, with the local server, data over the local wireless network indicating the availability of the first and second geospatial assets to be shared by at least one of the local server or the second local device; receiving, with the local server, a request from a third local device to share the first geospatial asset; sharing, with the local server, the first-geospatial asset with the third local device over the local wireless network; and transmitting, with the local server, data associated with a current view of the first geospatial asset provided within a client executed by the local server such that a view of the first geospatial asset provided within a corresponding client executed by the third local device is synced to the current view associated with the local server.