Patent ID: 8473200

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of displaying a location-specific image on a mobile device, comprising: under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving information identifying a location of the mobile device; receiving a user identification information (user ID) of the mobile device; accessing a user profile associated with the received user ID, the user profile comprising information corresponding to at least one of preferences or past behavior of the user; selecting a location-specific image from a plurality of location-specific images based at least in part upon the identified location of the mobile device and based at least in part on at least one of the preferences or past behavior of the user, each location-specific image being associated with geographic coordinates of a location at or near which the image was taken; and sending the selected image to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to display a location-specific image corresponding to a current location of the mobile device.