Patent Document

FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    This invention relates to a method for a mobile device to manage multimedia content such as photos/images/videos/documents that are queried based on the location trend criteria from a web service data store by using location information that can be taken from a location system such as from a GPS module. The invention more particularly relates to the method of which the multimedia contents are displayed, organized, interacted and rated for/by the user of the mobile device. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    It is common nowadays that people travel all over the world with a smart phone. And one of the very popular activities for these travellers is sharing photos or any kind of multimedia content through social network using smartphone apps. The smartphone device can also have location capabilities to provide the user with its current location that can be used for various enhanced services. 
         [0003]    For the travellers, there is an interest in the photos that is shared at the given location and also photos of the areas surrounding it. As social network is a lot to do with trends, contextual information of the multimedia content such as latest, highly rated, popular and others would be of very high interest. 
         [0004]    There are many ways that has been done to present these multimedia contents based on location for the users. Some apps have displayed just a collection of photos in a set area or radius of the location without providing a more user centric adaptive approach in querying and organizing the layout of these photos. Besides that, ratings are very simplified and targeted on to the specific location. In the other hand, there has been many ways of multimedia content interactions but there are none that overlays with interactive contextual content that can share to the social media with the dynamic animations of these composite multimedia content and contextual information. And also, not having the suggestive systems that may help in relation to the target location. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0005]    The invention aims to provide a useful alternative method for travellers to view the trends that are adaptive to the traveller&#39;s target location criteria by using multimedia contents such as photos or videos or documents, multimedia content display and interaction, cascading location rating system and a suggestive booking and/or map navigation system and/or language learning system that is related to the multimedia content location. 
         [0006]    The multimedia content location trends feed layout are divided into sections. These sections are divided into 3 windows. The order of the sections is that the top most section is the current user target location followed by the next progressive expanded larger area or radius which an iterative process and beyond. So for example, it could be the first section is KLCC, followed by KL City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, South East Asia, Asia and the rest of the world. The 3 windows are used to determine the weightage to the multimedia content distribution. The first window has a reducing formula for weightage, the second window has an increasing formula for weightage and third window has no weightage and can display unlimited multimedia content depending on the query criteria. The reducing and increasing weightage formula can be in an exponential formulation or a linear formulation. The second window has a stronger weightage factor for the increasing formula than the first window for the reducing formula. For example, the second window first section can have the total amount of the first section of the first window. The total initial allocated trends to be queried can be a defined amount or the total of the target location multimedia contents to be displayed or can be based on amount that can be displayed on the current initial display area for the trend window. 
         [0007]    For multimedia content location trends feed stated, the multimedia contents are displayed in smaller resized form that are queried from the data store of the shared multimedia contents based on the target location criteria. 
         [0008]    The request for more trends after the initial multimedia location trends load; such as the action of scrolling in the direction for more, the queries for more trends can be for the last expanded larger area or radius of the target location criteria or larger. 
         [0009]    In the situation where by for each section of the location criteria query yields less result than the allocated weightage amount, the residual weightage amount will be carried forward to the next section. The continuation of carrying forward the residue in the case of insufficient data will give the impression that priority is given to multimedia contents that are closer to the target location. 
         [0010]    The “criteria” as mentioned many times in the phrase “location criteria” can be understood as in any kind of context in relation to the multimedia content such as latest postings, most popular rated, most popular liked, most popular visited, oldest postings, most commented, most shared, time information, weather information, based on certain tags that are defined in the implementation or based on data analytics of the target location. 
         [0011]    The invention also states that the layout of the multimedia contents trend should be organized in close proximity with each other. It can be in a resized or manipulated form of the original multimedia content in a sequential order such as left to right and after reaching the maximum number of displays for the row will continue on the following row which is directly below of the current row; or top to down and after reaching the maximum number of displays for the column will continue on the following column which is directly right of the current row. This layout may be also done in vice versa order; instead of top it is bottom, instead of right it is left; of the mentioned steps. 
         [0012]    By selecting the multimedia contents from the multimedia location trends feed, it can navigate to a multimedia content detail window that contains original or superimpose or enlarge multimedia content and provide variety of contextual information attached to the multimedia content. The multimedia content will have an overlay that contains the contextual information. Location is a contextual information that is mandatory to display and can be navigable to a window consisting a collection of multimedia contents of the particular location. This window for the location will generate suggestion for bookings and/or map navigation system and/or language system associated to the particular location. 
         [0013]    This multimedia content detail window contextual information may contain rating information. This rating is the average rating for the location of the multimedia content. Whenever a user sets a rating for the location in the multimedia content, a cascading rating system will take effect whereby the rating scores will be added up to the next progressive larger area or radius of the location and calculated the rating average. This cascading action adding and averaging calculation will iterate until the last larger area or radius of the multimedia content location. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0014]    In order that the invention can be more readily understood and put into practical effect, a preferred example of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: 
           [0015]      FIG. 1  illustrates a preferred example of the user interface for capturing multimedia content, and providing contextual information such as location, date, time and weather information. On the right navigational panel are the user multimedia contents at the top and the trending multimedia contents  12  at the bottom. The management and layout formulation of trending multimedia contents  12  is the focus of the invention methods. 
           [0016]      FIG. 2  illustrates a preferred example of the user interface for multimedia content location trends. The organization of the number of multimedia contents displayed is formulated by the weightage curve  17  to give it a more location criteria centric preference. 
           [0017]      FIG. 3  illustrates a preferred example of the user interface for the multimedia content detail window used for providing variety of additional contextual information for the multimedia content that includes location, weather information, timestamp, ratings and review comments. An overlay  34  that is a separate view on top of the multimedia content containing these contextual information. This overlay is in a maximized view  34  which can be triggered to be minimized. A share trigger  33  is used to share composite multimedia content with animated weather icon and contextual information that is overlaid on the multimedia content. 
           [0018]      FIG. 4  illustrates a similar preferred example of the user interface for the multimedia content detail window to  FIG. 3 . Difference for  FIG. 3  to  FIG. 4  is the overlay that is in a minimized view  39  which can be triggered to be maximized. The contextual information text is summarized and reduced in size; and the weather animated icon is also reduced in sized; on a single line in the overlay. 
           [0019]      FIG. 5  illustrates a window consisting of a collection of multimedia contents  44  of a particular selected location  45  that was navigated from the location trigger of the multimedia content in  FIG. 3  or  FIG. 4 . In  FIG. 5  consist of the booking suggestion and/or map navigation system and/or language suggestion associated to the selected location. 
           [0020]      FIG. 6  illustrates an example implementing the rating cascading method for the location whereby  50  table is the original rating values and  52  table is the calculation of the rating values after +2 ratings is added to the example location KLCC. In these two tables in  50  and  52 , the top most is the target location and the subsequent rows at the bottom are areas or regions that is larger than the previous row location. 
       
    
    
       [0021]    The “photo” mentioned is a type of multimedia content and can be broadly referred as multimedia content in relation to this invention. 
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0022]    Referring to  FIG. 1 , to initially capture and share a multimedia content, the user of the mobile app will capture  1  a multimedia content of the location; the mobile app will then obtain information of the current date and time and weather  4  which is overlaid according to the user preferred style  2 ; the mobile app will then provide suggestion of potential current location  7  for the user to select. The user then shares  1  the multimedia content to the rest of the world on that particular location; whereby multimedia contents that are shared are stored in a data store. The multimedia contents that are captured and shared by the user appears in user feeds section  10  that can be scrolled to the right  11  for more. By selecting the multimedia content, the mobile app will navigate to the multimedia content detail as shown in the example on  FIG. 3 . 
         [0023]    The area of trending feeds  12  is an area of focus for the invention method. The trending feeds  12  is divided into multiple section though not noticeable by user. In the example shown in  FIG. 1, 13  is the user target location trend. This  13  would be the multimedia contents shown in the current user target location or close to the current user target location; whereby is the first section of the trends. The next section  14  is the next progressive location expanded larger area or radius area criteria which could be the city area multimedia contents. And the following section  15  is the next progressive expanded larger area or radius location criteria which could be the state area multimedia contents. By scrolling for more  16 , the queries would be the continuation of the last location expanded larger area or radius criteria, which in this case could be the country, continent, and beyond. 
         [0024]    Referring to  FIG. 2 , an exemplary trending multimedia contents distribution weightage curve  17  as following the definition in the claims. The distribution weightage formula is divided into 3 windows. The  24  First Window starting at the very top is using reducing weightage formula for each subsequent section of the trending distribution. In  18 , which is the top first section of  24  First Window, displays the current target location criteria; it can display with the highest weightage for the total initial allocated trending multimedia contents to be displayed in  24  First Window. The following section  19  below, is the next progressive expanded larger area or radius location criteria, which could for example be the city of the target location. Section  19  can have a reduced weightage for the total initial allocated trending multimedia contents than section  18 . This reducing weightage formula continues progressively with possibly more sections until  20  last section of  24  First Window. 
         [0025]    The next window is  25  Second Window which uses the increasing weightage formula for each subsequent sections of the trending distribution. The  25  Second Window increasing formula has a stronger factor for increase than the reducing formula in the  24  First Window. The  21  first section of  25  Second Window will start with a strong factor with the total amount of allocated trending multimedia contents of the First Window. Section  21  is typically set to be the country of the current target location. Section  22  is the next progressive expanded larger area or radius of the location criteria. An example would be if section  21  is country, then section  22  is the region or continent. Then if Malaysia is the country, the region would be South East Asia. A stronger factor is used in section  22  and will have an increased amount than the previous section  21  for the number of multimedia contents displayed. The progressive increasing formula is used for every subsequent section in the  25  Second Window. The last window is the  26  Third Window. There is no weightage for the number of multimedia contents to be displayed and it is unlimited. This  26  Third Window will display trending multimedia contents for the rest of the world  23 . The whole layout and organization of the multimedia contents as depicted in  FIG. 2  is supposed to provide an adaptive approach in querying trending multimedia contents that is prioritized initially towards the current target location of the user and then to the larger extend of the world trend. The multimedia contents in the explanation can be used in any other multimedia content for displaying trends. 
         [0026]    Referring to  FIG. 3 , is the user interface example for the multimedia content detail window used for displaying additional contextual information for the shared multimedia content such as  29  user profile image link of the sharer,  28  button to follow the selected multimedia content,  30  selection and average ratings of the multimedia content and  31  reviews made to the multimedia content in the social network. The multimedia content that is displayed contains an overlay  34  on top of the multimedia content. This overlay is a separate view that contains a graphical background layer with a set transparency used to highlight other contextual information and animated icon for the multimedia content condition is displayed on the overlay. The contextual information and icon displayed includes location  32 , weather animated icon  37 , weather information  38  and/or timestamp  36 . The location  32  information in the overlay is mandatory and navigable to a window as illustrated in  FIG. 5  displaying a collection of multimedia content  44  of the particular location. The overlay  34  can have a maximized or minimized view. In the example in  FIG. 3 , the overlay  34  is in a maximized view. A minimize trigger  35  in a maximized overlay is used to minimize the overlay as shown in  39  of  FIG. 4 .  FIG. 4  which is the alternate for  FIG. 5 , whereby the overlay is a separate view on top of the multimedia content that contains a graphical background layer with a set transparency used to highlight contextual information and icon for the multimedia content condition are minimized  39 . This minimized overlay has a single line of icon and text containing the multimedia content contextual information. The size of the weather animated icon  42 , text containing weather information  43  and location  41  are reduced as compared to the maximized overlay  34  in  FIG. 3 . A maximized trigger  40  exists in the minimized overlay  39  to trigger the overlay to be maximized as in  34  in  FIG. 3 . The share trigger  33  in  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4  is to share an animated media format such as animated gif or video of the composite multimedia content and the stated maximized overlay  34  that consists of contextual information and animated weather icon without the overlay background graphics. The share of the animated media format can be the media file or a link to the media file that is posted in the social network, send via a messaging platform or saving it to the local or network system. 
         [0027]      FIG. 5  is this window consisting of a collection of multimedia contents  44  of the particular location  45  which is navigated into by location selection from the multimedia content such as illustrated in the example of  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4 . The system can generate a suggestive trigger for booking  46  and/or language  48  associated to the particular location  45 . The booking trigger  46  generates products, services and/or amenities associated to the particular location  47 . Selecting the options for the booking can be processed by a payment gateway system. The language trigger  48  generates associated language of the particular location and providing a link navigable to the language learning system  49  of the suggested language. 
         [0028]    The selection and average ratings  30  of the multimedia content; whereby the rating selection score set by the user is added to the location rating of the multimedia content and the score is cascaded further to the larger region of the location. In  FIG. 6  is an illustration of an example whereby Kuala Lumpur Twin Tower (KLCC) is rated by the user from a multimedia content that is currently viewed.  50  is a table showing the original rating scores of KLCC and the enlarged area location of KLCC.  50  table shows that the current rating value is 5.0 for KLCC. Table  50  and  52  also contains all the expanded larger area or radius for KLCC location.  51  is the formula for the rating where by it is the average calculation the total rating score divided by the number of ratings. In  52 , after a user has added a new rating score of 2, KLCC rating score is now 32 which then makes the new rating average to be 4.6. In  52  also, it is illustrated, the user rating score of 2 is then cascaded to add to the total rating score of the next larger area or radius which in this example would be KL City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and beyond. This cascading effect will then have a new rating average for all the cascaded location areas that are affected.

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