Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trusted maps: updating map locations using trust-based social graphs
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Application No.: US14321226Application Date: 2014-07-01
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Publication No.: US10061854B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Chaitanya Gharpure , Charles L. Chen , Tiruvilwamalai Venkatraman Raman
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F17/30 ; G06Q10/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/58 ; H04N21/475 ; G07C13/00

Abstract:
A system and method for updating and correcting the location of geospatial entities, the method comprising receiving at a server from a mobile device operated by a first user, a proposed location for a geospatial entity, the proposed location determined by a wireless location system, and based upon a current location of the mobile device; providing information about the proposed location for the geospatial entity to a first plurality of other users; receiving votes from the first plurality of users as to whether the proposed location is correct and responsive to the received votes, determining whether to update the location information for the geospatial entity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140317107A1 Trusted Maps: Updating Map Locations Using Trust-Based Social Graphs Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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