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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 07:57:07+00:00

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This is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 11/328,298, filed Jan. 9, 2006 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,720,436, now U.S. Patent Publication No. 2007/0162942, the contents of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. This also claims the benefit of and is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 11/791,629 filed under the provisions of 35 USC 371 on May 24, 2007, now U.S. Patent Publication No. 2007/0268392, which is a United States national phase application of International Application No. PCT/FI04/50199 filed Dec. 31, 2004.
The mobile terminal 200 can utilize location sensing devices (e.g., devices 114 in FIG. 1) to determine the current location of the mobile terminal 200. The terminal 200 may include this location data in the query 202, and then send the query to a search server 204 via a network 206. The search server 204 will return results 208 that may include all relevant URLs and location coordinates associated with the URLs. A description of how location based searches may be performed are described in commonly owned patent application Ser. No. 10/822,641 filed Apr. 12, 2004 and entitled “Methods and Apparatus for Geographically Based Web Services” by Hamynen, et al, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
causing at least in part, displaying via the mobile device a graphic representing the object at the virtual location in the camera view, wherein displaying the graphic representing the object comprises differentiating a display characteristic of the graphic based on a distance of the object from the mobile device.
including an indicator of the geolocation of the mobile device in the network search query, wherein the network content is based on the indicator included in the network search query.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the network search query further includes geographic boundary data used for further filtering the network content.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the geographic boundary data comprises a bounding volume determined at least in part based on the camera view.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein the geographic boundary data comprises a distance from the mobile device.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the display characteristic comprises any combination of size, color, line style, and transparency of the graphic.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the display characteristic comprises a level of detail used to describe the object that is represented by the graphic.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the display characteristic comprises an indicator of a special offer by a vendor associated with the object that is represented by the graphic.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising defining two or more zones, each zone being differentiated based on distances from the mobile device, and wherein the display characteristic of the graphic is differentiated based on the object being located in a selected one of the zones.
display a graphic representing the object at the virtual location in the camera view, wherein displaying the graphic representing the object comprises differentiating a display characteristic of the graphic based on a distance of the object from the apparatus.
include an indicator of the geolocation of the apparatus in the network search query, wherein the network content is based on the indicator included in the network search query.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the network search query further includes geographic boundary data used for further filtering the network content.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the geographic boundary data comprises a bounding volume determined at least in part based on the camera view.
14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the geographic boundary data comprises a distance from the apparatus.
15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the display characteristic comprises any combination of size, color, line style, and transparency of the graphic.
16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the display characteristic comprises a level of detail used to describe the object that is represented by the graphic.
17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the display characteristic comprises an indicator of a special offer by a vendor associated with the object that is represented by the graphic.
18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to define two or more zones, each zone being differentiated based on distances from the apparatus, and wherein the display characteristic of the graphic is differentiated based on the object being located in a selected one of the zones.
include an indicator of the geolocation of the apparatus in the search query, wherein the network content is based on the indicator included in the network search query.
21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the network search query further includes geographic boundary data used for further filtering the network content.
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