Patent ID: 9729645
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining whether an image associated with a location of a mobile terminal is available from a remote computer; causing a representation of a user interface element on the mobile terminal to be altered based upon availability of the image associated with the location of the mobile terminal from the remote computer; receiving user input representative of a request to obtain an image from the remote computer, wherein the user input is received via the user interface element in an instance in which the image associated with the location of the mobile terminal is available from the remote computer; determining, using a processor, a current context including the location of the mobile terminal, wherein the current context comprises determining contextual information sensed by one or more sensors coupled to the mobile terminal; causing the current context to be transmitted to the remote computer; receiving an image from the remote computer based upon the current context of the mobile terminal, wherein the image is associated with the location of the mobile terminal upon receiving the user input; and causing the image received from the remote computer to be stored.