Abstract:
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for augmenting a view of a physical space of one or more geographically definable locations (“geo-locations”) with social media and/or other content originating from the one or more geo-locations. Generally speaking, the system may include a computing device having one or more processors programmed to augment (e.g., add to, overlay, embed, etc.) the view of the physical space of a geo-location with social media content, thereby allowing a user to view a physical space at a geo-location along with social media content that was created from the geo-location.

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/215,612, entitled “VIEW OF A PHYSICAL SPACE AUGMENTED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT ORIGINATING FROM A GEO-LOCATION OF THE PHYSICAL SPACE,” filed Mar. 17, 2014, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/800,951, filed Mar. 15, 2013, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    The disclosure relates to systems and methods for augmenting a view of a physical space at a geographically definable location with social media and/or other content originating from the geographically definable location. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0003]    The availability of content such as videos, audio files, photos, text, and/or other content over networks such as the Internet has grown at impressive rates. Many Internet and other online service providers make this type of content available to enable users to post and share such content through their services. However, various limitations exist with respect to how this vast amount of information can be effectively monitored and/or selectively displayed. 
         [0004]    Because of the vast amount of information and different ways in which to communicate with users, it can be difficult to communicate with creators of the content. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0005]    The disclosure relates to systems and methods for augmenting a view of a physical space of one or more geographically definable locations (“geo-locations”) with social media and/or other content originating from the one or more geo-locations. Generally speaking, the system may include a computing device having one or more processors programmed to augment (e.g., add to, overlay, embed, etc.) the view of the physical space of a geo-location with social media content, thereby allowing a user to view a physical space at a geo-location along with social media content that was created from the geo-location. 
         [0006]    The one or more processors may be programmed by one or more computer program modules. For example, the one or more processors may be configured to execute a geofeed creation module, a content context module, a reality context module, an augmented reality module, an administration module, a communication module, a user interface module, and/or other modules. The geofeed creation module may be configured to obtain the social media content from one or more social media content providers. 
         [0007]    In some implementations, the content context module may be configured to obtain (e.g., receive, retrieve, or determine) contextual information that describes the context in which the social media content was created. The contextual information for the content may include a geo-location, an ambient condition (e.g., temperature), an altitude, a motion or orientation based on sensor measurements from a device used to create the content, and/or other information that describes the context in which the social media content was created. Content context module may be configured to obtain the contextual information from the content itself, such as when the contextual information is available as Exchangeable Image File (“EXIF”) data embedded in images, from the social media content provider, and/or from other sources (e.g., from a user who created the content). 
         [0008]    The computer may be configured to determine social media content that is to augment the view of the physical space based on one or more of the contextual information. The social media content may be filtered in and/or out using various geofeed parameters (e.g., hashtags, identification of types of content, content providers, etc.) described herein. Thus, a user may indicate that certain content be included for and/or excluded from consideration for augmenting the view of the physical space. 
         [0009]    In some implementations, the reality context module may be configured to obtain contextual information that describes the context of a view of a physical space. The view of the physical space may include an image being displayed in real-time through a camera lens (e.g., through a display that displays a scene being captured by imaging sensors of a camera), an image that is stored and displayed (e.g., a photograph), and/or other views of a physical space. Contextual information that describes the context of a view of a physical space may include information similar to contextual information that describes social media content. For example, the contextual information that describes the context of the view of the physical space may include a geo-location of the physical space (e.g., a current location for real-time implementations and a location at which the view was taken for stored implementations) and/or other contextual information. 
         [0010]    Reality context module may be configured to obtain the reality contextual information from real-time measurements/information (e.g., location information from location sensors, temperature from temperature sensors, etc.). In some implementations, the reality context module may obtain the location based on image recognition of image features such as buildings, structures, and/or other identifiable objects taken from the view of the physical space. 
         [0011]    In some implementations, the augmented reality module may compare one or more of the content contextual information from content context module and one or more of the reality contextual information from reality context module. The augmented reality module may determine a match (which may be exact or inexact) between the content contextual information and the reality contextual information from reality context module. 
         [0012]    Upon determining a match, the augmented reality module may augment the view of the physical space of the geo-location. For example, a location at which the social media content was created may be compared to a geo-location of the physical space being viewed. The augmented reality module may determine that the social media content was created from the geo-location of the physical space being viewed and augment the view of the physical space with the social media content. Other contextual information may be used instead of or in addition to the location information to determine whether social media content should be used to augment the view of the physical space. 
         [0013]    Some or all of the processing related to the content context module, the reality context module, and the augmented reality module may be performed at a device used to display the view of the physical space and/or at another device. 
         [0014]    By way of example only, in operation, a user may look at a display of the user&#39;s mobile device that displays a view of a building and its surroundings at a geo-location, where the view is imaged with a camera of the user&#39;s mobile device (the view may be a picture/video or a live shot of the building and its surroundings). At the mobile device and/or at a remote device, reality contextual information that describes the geo-location may be obtained and social media content may be identified based on a comparison between content contextual information and the reality contextual information. For example, the mobile device and/or the remote device may identify social media content that was created from the geo-location of the building and its surroundings being viewed. The mobile device may then augment the view of the buildings and its surroundings with the identified social media content, thereby enhancing the user&#39;s view of the physical space. 
         [0015]    These and other objects, features, and characteristics of the system and/or method disclosed herein, as well as the methods of operation and functions of the related elements of structure and the combination of parts and economies of manufacture, will become more apparent upon consideration of the following description and the appended claims with reference to the accompanying drawings, all of which form a part of this specification, wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in the various figures. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawings are for the purpose of illustration and description only and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. As used in the specification and in the claims, the singular form of “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0016]      FIG. 1  illustrates a system configured to augment a view of a physical space of one or more geo-locations with social media and other content originating from the one or more geo-locations, according to an aspect of the invention. 
           [0017]      FIG. 2A  illustrates an example of a user interface for displaying an augmented view of a physical space of one or more geo-locations with social media and other content originating from the one or more geo-locations, according to an aspect of the invention. 
           [0018]      FIG. 2B  illustrates an example of a user interface for displaying an augmented view of a physical space of one or more geo-locations with social media and other content originating from the one or more geo-locations, according to an aspect of the invention. 
           [0019]      FIG. 2C  illustrates an example of a user interface for displaying an augmented view of a physical space of one or more geo-locations with social media and other content originating from the one or more geo-locations, according to an aspect of the invention. 
           [0020]      FIG. 3  illustrates a process for augmenting a view of a physical space of geo-locations with social media and other content originating from the one or more geo-location, according to an aspect of the invention. 
           [0021]      FIG. 4  illustrates a process of comparing the context of content with the context of a physical space to be augmented with the content, according to an aspect of the invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0022]      FIG. 1  illustrates a system  100  of targeted messaging, workflow management, and digital rights management for geofeeds, according to an aspect of the invention. A geofeed includes a collection of content (also referred to herein as “geofeed content”), aggregated from various content providers, that is relevant to a geographically definable location (hereinafter, a “geo-location”). The content providers may include, for example, social media providers (e.g., FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, FLICKR, etc.), online knowledge databases, and/or other providers that can distribute content that may be relevant to a geo-location. The social media providers may include social media platforms that allow a user who is registered with the social media platform to upload content and share the content with others who have signed up to be associated with the user. 
         [0023]    The geo-location may be specified by a boundary, geo coordinates (e.g., latitude, longitude, altitude/depth), an address, a school, a place name, a point of interest, a zip code, a city, a state, a country, and/or other information that can spatially identify an area. The content may be generated by content sources such as individuals, corporations, and/or other entities that may create content. As used hereinafter, “a location,” “a geo-location,” “a geographically definable location,” and similar language is not limited to a single location but may also refer to one or more such locations. 
         [0024]    In many instances the content can be automatically tagged with information. The information may include a user identification, date/time information related to the content (e.g., a date and/or time that indicates when the content was created, uploaded, etc.), geographic information that specifies a location where the content was created, uploaded, etc., and/or other information. For example, cameras equipped with a Global Positioning Satellite (“GPS”) unit and/or other location-aware system may embed into an image file latitude/longitude coordinates that indicate where a picture was taken. In addition, modern hand-held devices such as smartphones may be equipped with a GPS sensor, which allows users to generate content with their devices and share the content through a plurality of social networks and other providers. Moreover, some devices allow users to manually input the foregoing and other information for embedding into the content. Furthermore, editing software may allow a user to embed or otherwise manually and/or automatically include information along with the content after the content was created. 
         [0025]    System  100  may include a computer  110 , a geofeed API  111 , a content consumer device  130 , provider APIs  140 , content providers  150 , and/or other components. In some embodiments, computer  110  may include one or more processors  120  configured to perform some or all of a functionality of a plurality of modules, which may be stored in a memory  121 . For example, the one or more processors  120  may be configured to execute a geofeed creation module  112 , a content context module  113 , a reality context module  114 , an augmented reality module  115 , an administration module  116 , a communication module  117 , a user interface module  118 , and/or other modules  119 . Geofeed API  111  may be used to interface with computer  110  to interface with computer  110  in relation to the geofeeds. 
         [0026]    Geofeed creation module  112  may be configured to create one or more geofeeds, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/284,455 (issued on Feb. 18, 2014 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,655,873), filed Oct. 28, 2011, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND DISTRIBUTING GEOTAGGED CONTENT,” and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/619,888 (issued on Nov. 26, 2013 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,595,317), filed Sep. 14, 2012, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING, ACCESSING, AND UPDATING GEOFEEDS” both of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties. 
         [0027]    U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/708,516 (issued on Feb. 18, 2014 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,655,983), filed Dec. 7, 2012, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION MONITORING BASED ON ORGANIZED GEOFEEDS,” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/708,466 (issued on Jan. 28, 2014 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,639,767), filed Dec. 7, 2012, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND MANAGING GEOFEED-BASED ALERTS,” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/708,404 (issued on Jul. 9, 2013 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,484,224), filed Dec. 7, 2012, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANKING GEOFEEDS AND CONTENT WITHIN GEOFEEDS,” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/788,843 (issued on Apr. 5, 2016 as U.S. Pat. No. 9,307,353), filed Mar. 7, 2013, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIALLY PROCESSING A LOCATION INPUT FOR CONTENT PROVIDERS THAT USE DIFFERENT LOCATION INPUT FORMATS,” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/788,760 (issued on Dec. 17, 2013 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,612,533), filed Mar. 7, 2013, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND MANAGING GEOFEEDS,” and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/788,909 (issued on Sep. 30, 2014 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,850,531), filed Mar. 7, 2013, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETED MESSAGING, WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT, AND DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT FOR GEOFEEDS,” are all incorporated by reference in their entireties herein. are all incorporated by reference in their entireties herein. 
         [0028]    U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/843,949 (issued on Oct. 14, 2014 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,862,589), filed on Mar. 15, 2013, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING A GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF CONTENT AND ACCURACY OF GEOTAGS RELATED TO CONTENT OBTAINED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER CONTENT PROVIDERS,” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/843,832 (issued on Sep. 30, 2014 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,849,935), filed on Mar. 15, 2013, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOFEEDS, ORIENTATION-BASED GEOFEEDS, AND GEOFEEDS BASED ON AMBIENT CONDITIONS,” are all incorporated by reference in their entireties herein. 
         [0029]    Geofeed creation module  112  may be configured to generate one or more geofeeds based on content that is relevant to one or more geographically definable locations (“geo-locations”). The geofeed creation module may format requests that specify one or more geo-locations specifically for individual ones of the plurality of content providers and aggregate the content to form a geofeed. In some embodiments, geofeed creation module  112  may create a single geofeed having a plurality of geo-locations that are grouped with respect to one another. In other embodiments, geofeed creation module  112  may create multiple distinct geofeeds, which may each be associated with one or more geo-locations and may be grouped with respect to one another. In these embodiments, each set of individual content may correspond to a single geofeed. 
         [0030]    For example, geofeed creation module  112  may format requests to individual ones of a plurality of APIs  140  (illustrated in  FIG. 1  as API  140 A,  140 B, . . . ,  140 N). The provider APIs  140  may facilitate receiving content from corresponding content providers  150  (illustrated in  FIG. 1  as content providers  150 A,  150 B,  150 C). In some embodiments, geofeed creation module  110  may format a request directly for content provider  150 N without using a corresponding API. A content consumer device  130  may request and view geofeeds created by geofeed creation module  112 . The formatting instructions may be stored in and recalled from a memory such as provider database  134 . Preferences for creating, viewing, and/or managing information related to geofeeds may be stored in and recalled from a memory such as user profile database  132 . 
         [0031]    In some embodiments, geofeed creation module  112  may generate a geofeed definition that describes a geofeed such that a geofeed may be dynamically generated based on the geofeed definition. For example, the geofeed definition may include the geo-location specification, one or more geofeed parameters used to filter content aggregated from content providers  150 , and/or other information related to the geofeed that can be used to aggregate content from various content providers. For example, the one or geofeed parameters may be used to view only particular types of content, content from particular content providers, and/or other parameter by which to filter in or out content. The geofeed definition may be identified by a geofeed identifier and stored (e.g., in database  136 ) for later retrieval so that a content consumer or others may select and obtain a geofeed that was previously defined. 
         [0032]    In some embodiments, geofeed creation module  112  may store the geofeed (e.g., in database  136 ). For example, geofeed creation module  112  may be configured to store the geofeed by aggregating content from content providers  150  in relation to the geofeed and store the content in association with a geofeed identifier and/or a geofeed definition. 
         [0033]    In some embodiments, geofeed creation module  112  may use the credentials of a user for social media or other platform to access content. In this manner, geofeed creation module  112  may obtain content from a content provider using the credentials of the user. For example, geofeed creation module  112  may obtain from the user a username and password (with permission from the user) for the user&#39;s TWITTER account and obtain content from TWITTER to which the user has access. 
         [0034]    In some implementations, content context module  113  may be configured to obtain (e.g., receive, retrieve, or determine) contextual information that describes the context in which the social media content was created. The contextual information for the content may include a geo-location, an ambient condition (e.g., temperature), an altitude, a motion or orientation based on sensor measurements from a device used to create the content, and/or other information that describes the context in which the social media content was created. Content context module may be configured to obtain the contextual information from the content itself, such as when the contextual information is available as Exchangeable Image File (“EXIF”) data embedded in images, from the social media content provider, and/or from other sources (e.g., from a user who created the content). 
         [0035]    The computer may be configured to determine social media content that is to augment the view of the physical space based on one or more of the contextual information. The social media content may be filtered in and/or out using various geofeed parameters (e.g., hashtags, identification of types of content, content providers, etc.) described herein. Thus, a user may indicate that certain content be included for and/or excluded from consideration for augmenting the view of the physical space. 
         [0036]    In some implementations, reality context module  114  may be configured to obtain contextual information that describes the context of a view of a physical space. The view of the physical space may include an image being displayed in real-time through a camera lens (e.g., through a display that displays a scene being captured by imaging sensors of a camera), an image that is stored and displayed (e.g., a photograph), and/or other views of a physical space. Contextual information that describes the context of a view of a physical space may include information similar to contextual information that describes social media content. For example, the contextual information that describes the context of the view of the physical space may include a geo-location of the physical space (e.g., a current location for real-time implementations and a location at which the view was taken for stored implementations) and/or other contextual information. 
         [0037]    Reality context module  114  may be configured to obtain the reality contextual information from real-time measurements/information (e.g., location information from location sensors, temperature from temperature sensors, etc.). In some implementations, reality context module  114  may obtain the location based on image recognition of image features such as buildings, structures, and/or other identifiable objects taken from the view of the physical space. 
         [0038]    In some implementations, augmented reality module  115  may be configured to compare one or more of the content contextual information from content context module and one or more of the reality contextual information from reality context module. Augmented reality module  115  may determine a match (which may be exact or inexact) between the content contextual information and the reality contextual information from reality context module. 
         [0039]    Upon determining a match, augmented reality module  115  may augment the view of the physical space of the geo-location. For example, a location at which the social media content was created may be compared to a geo-location of the physical space being viewed. Augmented reality module  115  may determine that the social media content was created from the geo-location of the physical space being viewed and augment the view of the physical space with the social media content. Other contextual information may be used instead of or in addition to the location information to determine whether social media content should be used to augment the view of the physical space. 
         [0040]    In some implementations, for example, augmented reality module  115  may be configured to compare other contextual information and/or combinations of contextual information such as, for example, ambient conditions, orientations, motion (e.g., motion of a device such as a camera device used to create the content), altitude, and/or other contextual information. 
         [0041]    Some or all of the processing related to content context module  113 , reality context module  114 , and augmented reality module  115  may be performed at a device used to display the view of the physical space and/or at another device. 
         [0042]    In some embodiments, administration module  116  may be configured to manage user accounts, set user roles such as security access roles, and/or perform other administrative operations. For example, the administration module may be used to define which users may generate messages using the unified message module, generate workflow items, view workflow items of others, annotate content, enter into agreements with respect to ownership rights of the content, and/or set other user roles. 
         [0043]    In some embodiments, communication module  117  may be configured to share a geofeed via a content provider such as a social media provider, email, SMS text, and/or other communication channels. In some embodiments, the communication module may be configured to communicate a geofeed via various feeds such as Really Simple Syndication (“RSS”) and ATOM feeds, a vanity Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) using a name of the geofeed (e.g., a name assigned by the content consumer), and/or other communication channels. 
         [0044]    In some embodiments, the user interface module  118  may be configured to generate user interfaces that allow viewing and interaction with augmented views of physical spaces. Examples of such user interfaces are illustrated in  FIGS. 2A-C . User interface module  118  may also present various displays for sending/receiving messages, managing workflows, managing information related to ownership rights of the content, displaying geofeeds, requesting geofeeds, and/or otherwise displaying information related to the content. 
         [0045]    Those having skill in the art will recognize that computer  110  and content consumer device  130  may each comprise one or more processors, one or more interfaces (to various peripheral devices or components), memory, one or more storage devices, and/or other components coupled via a bus. The memory may comprise random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), or other memory. The memory may store computer-executable instructions to be executed by the processor as well as data that may be manipulated by the processor. The storage devices may comprise floppy disks, hard disks, optical disks, tapes, or other storage devices for storing computer-executable instructions and/or data. 
         [0046]    One or more applications, including various modules, may be loaded into memory and run on an operating system of computer  110  and/or consumer device  130 . In one implementation, computer  110  and consumer device  130  may each comprise a server device, a desktop computer, a laptop, a cell phone, a smart phone, a Personal Digital Assistant, a pocket PC, or other device. 
         [0047]    Network  102  may include any one or more of, for instance, the Internet, an intranet, a PAN (Personal Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), a SAN (Storage Area Network), a MAN (Metropolitan Area Network), a wireless network, a cellular communications network, a Public Switched Telephone Network, and/or other network. 
         [0048]    Various inputs, outputs, configurations, and/or other information described herein as being stored or storable may be stored in one or more databases (not illustrated in  FIG. 1 ). Such databases may be, include, or interface to, for example, an Oracle™ relational database sold commercially by Oracle Corporation. Other databases, such as Informix™, DB2 (Database 2) or other data storage, including file-based, or query formats, platforms, or resources such as OLAP (On Line Analytical Processing), SQL (Standard Query Language), a SAN (storage area network), Microsoft Access™ or others may also be used, incorporated, or accessed. The database may comprise one or more such databases that reside in one or more physical devices and in one or more physical locations. The database may store a plurality of types of data and/or files and associated data or file descriptions, administrative information, or any other data. 
         [0049]      FIG. 2A  illustrates an example of a user interface  200 A for displaying an augmented view of a physical space of one or more geo-locations with social media and/or other content originating from the one or more geo-locations, according to an aspect of the invention. The user interfaces illustrated in  FIGS. 2A-2C  are for illustrative purposes only. Various components may be added, deleted, moved, or otherwise changed so that the configuration, appearance, and/or content of the screenshots may be different than as illustrated in the Figures. Accordingly, the graphical user interface objects as illustrated (and described in greater detail below) are exemplary by nature and, as such, should not be viewed as limiting. 
         [0050]    User interface  200 A may display a view of a physical space  210  augmented by an augmented reality (“AR”) space  220 . AR space  220  may be overlaid onto, embedded within, or otherwise displayed alongside physical space  210  (e.g., a real-world space) such that graphical objects displayed on AR space  220  coincides with locations on physical space  210 . In this manner, graphical objects on AR space  220  may appear to be associated with physical objects (e.g., real-world objects) in physical space  210 . Physical space  210  and AR space  220  are illustrated as being separate solely for convenience of illustration. 
         [0051]    A physical object  212  and its surroundings may be presented in a view of the physical space. Reality context module  114  (illustrated in  FIG. 1 ) may obtain reality contextual information related to the view of physical object  212  and/or the geo-location where the physical object is located. 
         [0052]    For example, reality context module  114  may determine that physical object  212  is located at a particular geo-location. As described herein, the particular geo-location may be determined based on conventional location techniques associated with a device that is displaying user interface  200 A. For example, the device may include GPS sensors and/or other devices that can be used for localization. In some implementations, physical object  212  and/or other feature of physical space  210  may be used to determine the particular geo-location such as by image recognition and comparison to a database of known objects, for example. 
         [0053]    Whichever location technique is used, augmented reality module  115  may identify social media and/or other content that was created from the particular geo-location. Users may have posted social media content to one or more social media providers from the particular geo-location. Augmented reality module  115  may identify or otherwise obtain such social media content and provide user interface  200 A with the content. For example, user interface module  118  may include AR objects  222  (illustrated in  FIG. 2A  as AR objects  222 A,  222 B, . . . ,  222 N) corresponding to the social media content that was created from the particular geo-location. An AR object  222  when clicked or otherwise selected may cause user interface  200 A to provide additional or detailed in information related to the corresponding social media content. Space permitting, the social media content may be displayed within AR object  222 . If too many AR objects are included, they may be merged into an AR object  222 . 
         [0054]    In some implementations, if information that indicates that a particular social media content item was created from or nearby physical object  212 , a corresponding AR object  222  may be positioned on AR space  220  to correspond to physical object, thereby providing the user with an indication of this. 
         [0055]      FIG. 2B  illustrates an example of a user interface  200 B for displaying an augmented view of a physical space of one or more geo-locations with social media and/or other content originating from the one or more geo-locations, according to an aspect of the invention. 
         [0056]    User interface  200 B may provide a view of physical space  210  augmented with AR space  220 . Physical object  212  may be visible in the augmented view. In the illustrated implementation, user interface  200 B may include an indicator  230  that indicates that social media content was created at the direction indicated. For example, reality context module  114  may determine an orientation of the device being used to display user interface  200 B. Such orientation may be determined based on sensor information from gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers, and/or other sensors. 
         [0057]    Augmented reality module  115  may determine content created from a geo-location of the physical space and, for example, an orientation at which the content was created. Augmented reality module  115  may determine that social media content is nearby a user&#39;s location but was created in an orientation that is different from the orientation of the device that is displaying user interface  200 B. 
         [0058]    Indicator  230  may indicate the direction of where social media content was created. For example, indicator  230  may indicate that social media content was posted while the user who posted the content was in an orientation that is in a direction as indicated by the indicator. In other words, if the device that displays user interface  200 B turns in the direction indicated by indicator  230 , the social media content will be made visible in AR space  220 . In this manner, a user may explore a given scenery to determine what previous users may have posted about the given scenery observed from the same perspective (e.g., orientation). For example, hobbyists such as stargazers may gain insight into what previous stargazers may have been observing from a particular vantage point and orientation (e.g., zenith, azimuth, etc.) toward the sky. Tourists may view what others have posted about a particular scenic view or attraction. 
         [0059]      FIG. 2C  illustrates an example of a user interface  200 C for displaying an augmented view of a physical space of one or more geo-locations with social media and other content originating from the one or more geo-locations, according to an aspect of the invention. User interface  200 C may provide a view of physical space  210  augmented with AR space  220 . Physical object  216  may be visible in the augmented view. In the illustrated implementation, physical object  216  may be a building having multiple floors, which are individually associated with different altitudes. Reality context module  114  may recognize physical object  216  based on conventional image recognition techniques and estimate a location for each floor by, for example, recognizing windows or other floor-level indicating features. Reality context module  114  may then assign altitudes for each floor based on predefined estimates distance per floor (e.g., 12 feet per floor). 
         [0060]    Augmented reality module  115  may determine content created from physical object  216  and, for example, at which altitude. Augmented reality module  115  may correlate the altitude at which the social media and/or other content was created with the altitude of the physical object  216 . Based on the correlation, augmented reality module  115  may cause AR objects  224  corresponding to the social media and/or other content to be displayed at their respective altitudes on physical object  216 . For example, hotel or commercial building owners may post social media content (which may include marketing or other branded materials) from their respective buildings at different floors. User interface  200 C may be used to then view the building augmented with the social media posts such that a passerby or other interested users may image the building and obtain an augmented image. Other uses are contemplated as well. For example, a user may enter the building and travel to various floors and receive an augmented view of each floor based on social media content that was posted from that particular building and that particular floor. Furthermore, although illustrated as a building, physical object  216  may include other types of structures for which different altitudes may be estimated and/or traversed for augmented views of the physical object. 
         [0061]      FIG. 3  illustrates a process  300  for augmenting a view of a physical space of geo-locations with social media and/or other content originating from the one or more geo-location, according to an aspect of the invention. The various processing operations and/or data flows depicted in  FIG. 3  (and in the other drawing figures) are described in greater detail herein. The described operations may be accomplished using some or all of the system components described in detail above and, in some embodiments, various operations may be performed in different sequences and various operations may be omitted. Additional operations may be performed along with some or all of the operations shown in the depicted flow diagrams. One or more operations may be performed simultaneously. Accordingly, the operations as illustrated (and described in greater detail below) are exemplary by nature and, as such, should not be viewed as limiting. 
         [0062]    In an operation  302 , a view of the particular scenery may be obtained (e.g., photographed, videographed, imaged live, etc.). In an operation  304 , the imaged scenery may be processed. For example, one or more features in the scenery may be processed using conventional image processing techniques to recognize a location. A location may be recognized based the processing in an operation  306 . For example, a landmark such as the Empire State Building may be recognized and a location for the landmark may be obtained. 
         [0063]    In an operation  308 , content created from the location may be obtained. In an operation  310 , the content may be used to augment the view of the particular scenery with graphical elements that represent the content created from the location. 
         [0064]      FIG. 4  illustrates a process  400  of comparing contextual information of content with contextual information of a physical space to be augmented with the content, according to an aspect of the invention. 
         [0065]    In an operation  402 , a view of a physical space may be obtained (e.g., photographed, videographed, imaged live, etc.). In an operation  404 , contextual information related to the physical space may be obtained. The reality contextual information may include a geo-location, an ambient condition, an altitude, and/or other reality contextual information may be obtained. For example, if the physical space has been imaged and stored as a photograph, the contextual information may be obtained from EXIF data or other data source that describes the image and/or the physical space. On the other hand, if the physical space is being currently imaged (e.g., live), then the reality contextual information may be obtained from one or more sensors on-board the device used to image the physical space, other sensors, inputs by an operator of the device, and/or other source of reality contextual information. 
         [0066]    In an operation  406 , contextual information that describes the content (e.g., social media content) may be obtained. In an operation  408 , a determination of whether contextual information of the content matches the reality contextual information. Such matching may be exact or in-exact (e.g., within a predefined and/or configurable threshold) and may include matching location, orientation, ambient conditions, altitude, and/or other contextual information that can be automatically measured or determined. In some implementations, such matching may include matching information provided by users. 
         [0067]    If a match is found, the view of the physical space may be augmented with graphical objects representative of the content whose contextual information matches the reality contextual information in an operation  410 . Processing may then proceed to an operation  412 , where a determination of whether more content is available for processing is made. If more content is available, processing may return to operation  406 . 
         [0068]    Other embodiments, uses and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. The specification should be considered exemplary only, and the scope of the invention is accordingly intended to be limited only by the following claims.