Patent ID: 8055271
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for mapping a specific location to a generic location of a mobile device, comprising: for a generic location, obtaining a plurality of specific locations that were entered by a plurality of users to annotate a plurality of media objects on their mobile devices when the mobile devices were detected as being located at the generic location, wherein the specific locations include a plurality of descriptions of the generic location; when a particular user's mobile device has obtained a particular media object and been detected as being located at the generic location and it is determined that the particular user has not entered a specific location to annotate the particular media object, for the particular user automatically analyzing the specific locations that were obtained from users who belong to the particular user's social network so as to select a first specific location for the generic location from among the specific locations from users who belong to the particular user's network and annotating the particular media object with the first specific location; and when a second particular user's mobile device has obtained a second particular media object and been detected as being located at the generic location and it is determined that the second particular user and the users who belong to such second particular user's social network have not entered a specific location to annotate the second particular media object, for the second particular user automatically analyzing the specific locations that were obtained from users who do not belong to the second particular user's social network so as to select a second specific location for the generic location from among the specific locations from users who do not belong to such second particular user's social network and annotating the second particular media object with the second specific location.