Patent ID: 8494544

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a gesture input at a mobile terminal; determining the gesture input as a valid known type gesture in defining a target area-of-interest; based on the determining, transmitting a request to receive location specific data to a server comprising: initial location data identifying a geographic location of the mobile terminal; and gesture data associated with the gesture input received by the mobile terminal; and receiving the location specific data corresponding to an area-of-interest from the server in response to the request; wherein the area-of-interest is based at least in part on the initial location data and predetermined user preferences corresponding to the gesture data; and wherein the gesture input comprises at least one of a voice command received by the mobile terminal, movement of the mobile terminal in a particular direction, selection associated with actuating a button or switch on the mobile terminal, a direction estimate from a compass component of the mobile terminal, or data received by the mobile terminal from a peripheral device.