System and method for displaying information in response to a request

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for generating an online listing, such as a yellow pages listing, that includes information about an object, such as a business, and also includes at least one image of the structure containing the object. For example, the image may be a digital image of the store front of a business taken at a street view. Additionally, a user may select an image from a plurality of images that the user perceives as being an appropriate representative image for the business. Based on votes received a default representative image may be identified that is provided in response to a request for information about the business.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
acquiring a first image and a second image; associating the first image with first GPS coordinates and the second image with second GPS coordinates, a first location corresponding to the first GPS coordinates, the first location being adjacent to a second location corresponding to the second GPS coordinates; retrieving a first boundary information associated with the first GPS coordinates and a second boundary information associated with the second GPS coordinates, the first boundary information corresponding to a first boundary that includes at least the first location, the second boundary information corresponding to a second boundary that includes at least the second location, each of the first boundary and the second boundary encompassing a representation of a different street-level structure; matching the first GPS coordinates to physical coordinates of the first image, the physical coordinates of the first image corresponding to a physical location represented in the first image; detecting a mismatch between the first GPS coordinates and the physical coordinates of the first image; detecting a match between the physical coordinates of the first image and the second GPS coordinates; associating the first image with the second GPS coordinates and second boundary information; updating a list for display in an online directory, the list including the first image associated with the second GPS coordinates and the second boundary, the list including a region surrounding the first boundary and the second boundary; stitching together at least the first image and the second images to generate a three-hundred and sixty degree view of the region associated with the first boundary and the second boundary; associating the three-hundred and sixty degree view of the region with the online directory; in response to a search query at the online directory, identifying an object within the region for which information is to be provided, the identified object being associated with a location within at least the portion of the region, wherein the location for the object is determined based at least in part on a lookup table that stores an altered visual emphasis address and corresponding longitude and latitude coordinates for the address; and generating information associated with the identified object, wherein the information includes image information providing the three-hundred sixty degree view of the region and at least one interactive element for changing a direction of a display of the three-hundred sixty degree view of the region.