MERGE REAL-WORLD AND VIRTUAL MARKERS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20100250366A1
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12415778

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Various entities might desire to leave markers at various locations in a mapping application for themselves and others. These markers can be provided by an entity physically located near the location associated with the marker and/or at a different location (e.g., entity is at a first location and the marker is associated with a second location). Further, different entities can provide markers associated with a similar geographic area. A user visiting the location (virtually or physically) can review the various markers left by others. In such a manner, the user visiting the location can have further details associated with the location. Different categories of markers can be combined and rendered to the user as a hybrid of markers.

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MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCREDMOND, WA30751

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aguera, y Arcas Blaise H Seattle, US 23 194
Bar-Zeev, Avi Redmond, US 51 1006
Goudarzian, Kaveh Seattle, US 1 1
Kimchi, Gur Redmond, US 102 2662
Lawler, Stephen L Redmond, US 41 939
Ofek, Eyal Redmond, US 141 2099
Smith, Leonard Seattle, US 30 984

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SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. (1)
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MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC (2)
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* 2008/0052,413 SERVING LOCALLY RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS 13 2006
 
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC (1)
* 2008/0242,317 Mobile content creation, sharing, and commerce in a geo-spatial environment 61 2007
 
SIEMENS CORPORATION (1)
* 7215322 Input devices for augmented reality applications 24 2002
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* 2011/0279,478 Virtual Tagging Method and System 6 2009
 
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (1)
* 2012/0130,806 CONTEXTUALLY SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY BASED ADVERTISING 1 2010
 
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC (1)
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