Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronized maps in eBooks using virtual GPS channels
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Application No.: US14929903Application Date: 2015-11-02
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Publication No.: US10068356B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Gregory J. Boss , Andrew R. Jones , Kevin C. McConnell , John E. Moore, Jr.
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: G06T11/20
- IPC: G06T11/20 ; G01S19/13 ; G06T13/80 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T7/60 ; G06F17/27

Abstract:
According to some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for displaying a created map for a plurality of characters in a story is described. The computer-implemented method may include creating a map for a story plot, receiving an indication of a user position in the story plot, determining a set of coordinates on the map for a character in the story plot with respect to the user position, and displaying the map with the character in the story plot represented on the map according to the set of coordinates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170124733A1 SYNCHRONIZED MAPS IN EBOOKS USING VIRTUAL GPS CHANNELS Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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