Method, user interface and system for displaying geo-specific digital content

Abstract

A method, user interface and system for displaying geotagged digital content, the system providing a server having a database storing a plurality of geotagged digital content provided by a plurality of users. In a user device, an application is executed to generate a user interface based on an electronic map, wherein link images within a geographical scope are displayed upon querying the server. Upon a user selecting a link image, a representative image of a geotagged digital content associated with a user, a point of interest, a theme tag or a content category is displayed in a content preview area. The user can then gesture to navigate through the selected digital content and click to view the digital content. The system provides a user interface for a user to select and navigate through digital content generated at various geographical locations.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a method, a user interface and a system for displaying digital content in a social media, and more particularly to a method, a user interface and a system for providing a user to select digital content to browse according to a location of interest. BACKGROUND

[0002] In recent years, social media has become an important platform for users to share video works. Social media provides network storage space for users to upload their own digital content, and share it with other users through the platform. However, the way social media provides users to query and share is mostly according to the time of the post (including video content), so that users can find interesting content by inputting keywords, or query content according to the name of the post user.

[0003] The digital content uploaded through the mobile device often records the location information of the digital content, such as latitude and longitude coordinates, so that the user can know the location associated with the digital content. However, the current social media with a large number of users still needs a more convenient and efficient way for users to browse the content of interest according to the location information associated with the digital content. SUMMARY

[0004] The present disclosure relates to a method, a user interface and a system for displaying digital content according to a location of interest, and more particularly to a method, a user interface and a system for providing a user to select digital content to browse according to a location of interest.

[0005] According to an embodiment, the method for displaying digital content according to a location of interest is initiated by an application program executed in a user device to start a graphical user interface, and through the graphical user interface, a user can conveniently select digital content of interest of a user, wherein at least one link image is provided on an electronic map by a server, including a user link image and a point of interest (POI) link image.

[0006] Then, in the server, a database can be queried according to the user's selection of one of the link images to obtain a user or a point of interest link image and one or more pieces of digital content associated with it. At this time, a content preview area where digital content can be selected to play is displayed through the graphical user interface, and the link image is displayed in the content preview area. The selected link image is associated with a user, a point of interest, a hashtag or a certain category related to digital content generated at a certain geographic location, such as a thumbnail of a frame of image or a dynamic picture.

[0007] When a user, a point of interest, a hashtag or a category is selected, if the system also provides digital content corresponding to these features, in addition to the above-mentioned current content preview area, the previous content preview area or the next content preview area can also be displayed in the graphical user interface, which displays the representative image of the corresponding digital content.

[0008] Further, the geographical range displayed by the graphical user interface initially is the range of the electronic map according to the location information generated by the user device.

[0009] Preferably, the electronic map in the background of the graphical user interface displays the geographical range corresponding to the geographical location where the digital content in the current content preview area is generated. If the user has provided multiple digital contents in the same geographical location, the user can play multiple digital contents generated in the same geographical location through the content preview area.

[0010] Further, if the system also compares other digital contents related to a point of interest, a hashtag or a category according to the user selection, the user can also play multiple digital contents generated in the same point of interest, hashtag or category through the content preview area.

[0011] Further, the initial content preview area of the graphical user interface includes the current content preview area, the previous content preview area and the next content preview area, which can provide the user to select the preview of the digital content associated with a user in the user device by a gesture. In an embodiment, the user can slide left and right on the display screen of the user device according to the gesture to determine the display of the representative image of a digital content in the current content preview area, and at the same time, the electronic map in the background of the graphical user interface displays the geographical range corresponding to the geographical location where the digital content is generated.

[0012] The display system of the location-based digital content provides the server and the application program executed in the user device, through which the graphical user interface based on the electronic map can be generated, as described above, the graphical user interface displays the current content preview area to display the representative image of the digital content generated by the selected user in a geographical location, and also includes the previous content preview area to display the representative image of the digital content generated by the user in another geographical location, and the next content preview area to display the representative image of the digital content generated by the user in another geographical location. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 The embodiment of the architecture of the display system of the location-based digital content is shown in the figure;

[0014] Figure 2 The graphical user interface for displaying location-based digital content is shown in the figure;

[0015] Figure 3 Figure 2B illustrates a graphical user interface legend for displaying geo-specific digital content;

[0016] Figure 4 Figure 2C illustrates a graphical user interface legend for displaying geo-specific digital content;

[0017] Figure 5 Figure 2D illustrates a graphical user interface legend for displaying geo-specific digital content;

[0018] Figure 6 Figure 2E illustrates a graphical user interface legend for displaying geo-specific digital content;

[0019] Figure 7 Figure 3A illustrates a flow embodiment of a method for displaying geo-specific digital content; and

[0020] Figure 8 Figure 3B illustrates a flow embodiment of a method for displaying geo-specific digital content. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The present application is described in detail by way of specific embodiments below. Those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present application from the disclosure herein. The present application can be implemented or applied by other different embodiments, and the details in the specification can be modified and changed based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. In addition, the drawings of the present application are only simple schematic illustrations and are not actual size depictions, and it is hereby declared in advance. The following embodiments will further illustrate the relevant technical content of the present application in detail, but the disclosed content is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application.

[0022] It should be understood that although the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. can be used herein to describe various components or signals, these components or signals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are mainly used to distinguish one component from another component, or one signal from another signal. In addition, the term "or" used herein can include any combination of one or more associated listed items as appropriate.

[0023] The present disclosure provides a method, a user interface and a system for displaying geo-relevant digital content. The method and the user interface are operated in a social media, allowing users to share digital content, such as video works, but not limited to sound, text works, images, symbols, live broadcast, text, activities, marketing promotion, etc., through the social media. In particular, each piece of digital content is associated with a geographic location, such as a video, image, sound or text created at a geographic location by a mobile device. These digital contents are associated with a geographic location and can be recorded in the metadata of each piece of digital content. Through the user interface of the application program in the user device, the user can conveniently switch and select the digital content generated by the user at each location, including real-time shooting and post-production uploaded digital content, such as images, videos, sounds or texts. In addition, the system also provides the user with the function of switching other digital content with the same interest point, the same hashtag or the same classification.

[0024] According to the embodiments of the disclosed method, user interface and system for displaying geo-relevant digital content, the user can conveniently switch the digital content generated by the user at each location on a graphical user interface, or switch other digital content related to the interest point, the hashtag or the classification. When the user selects one of the digital contents by gesture, the background electronic map is also switched to the geographic range corresponding to the geographic location associated with the digital content. The architecture of the proposed geo-relevant digital content display system can refer to the embodiment shown in the figure. Figure 1

[0025] The geo-relevant digital content display system includes a server system 100 in the figure, which can be realized by a physical server cooperating with software and hardware. As shown in the figure, the function modules realized by software and hardware can be run in a server (or a cluster), which can be divided into a user management module 101, a learning module 102 and a matching module 103 according to functions. A database is provided, which is realized by a storage device, used to store a plurality of pieces of geo-relevant digital content provided by a plurality of users, which can be divided into a user database 105 and a content database 107 according to functions.

[0026] ​The user database 105 stores the member data of the registration system, including user identification data, and various identity authentication data, and records the community information linked to each user, such as friends, sharing, likes, and participating groups, etc. These data will also be the basis for the system to learn the user's preferences. The content database 107 stores multiple digital contents uploaded by users, and each digital content is associated with a geographic location, becoming a suitable digital content. Further, when the content database 107 stores the digital content uploaded by a user, it can also obtain the topic tags associated with the characteristics of the digital content noted by the user, such as "#taipei", "#breakfast", "#restaurant", etc. It can also obtain the attributes of the digital content through the location category of the point of interest, image processing or analysis method, and classify it, so the digital content can also be given a classified label.

[0027] The display system of the suitable digital content includes an application program executed on the user device (111, 113, 115), which generates a graphical user interface with an electronic map as the background, and displays a browsing screen with an electronic map as the background through the graphical user interface. It provides a thumbnail for the user to select to switch to a specific geographic range, and provides a point of interest (Point of Interest, POI) pointing to a specific geographic location, linking the image displayed on the electronic map with the point of interest; there are also patterns pointing to user nodes (user points) linking the image displayed on the electronic map with the user or the point of interest, so that the user can select the digital content to be played. Interest, POI), to link the image displayed on the electronic map with the point of interest; there are also patterns pointing to user nodes (user points) linking the image displayed on the electronic map with the user or the point of interest, so that the user can select the digital content to be played.

[0028] The user management module 101 in the server system 100 is used to manage the authentication process and account management of the user logging into the server system 100 through the end user device (111, 113, 115) via the network 10. According to the embodiment, the server system 100 is provided with a program for collecting user data, such as the data of the user's community activities, including the user's participation in the activities, groups, friends, likes, shares, and uploaded contents, so that the learning module 102 in the server system 100 can learn and analyze the user's preferences, and the user's preferences can be established in the system. The related method can refer to the embodiment shown in Figure 2 Thus, when the user logs into the system, the server system 100 can actively derive the digital content recommended to the user through the matching module 103 implemented by software, wherein the method is to match the characteristics of the digital content in the database (such as various attribute tags) with the user's preferences, and finally recommend the digital content to the user for viewing through the application program executed on the user device (111, 113, 115).

[0029] According to an embodiment of the location-appropriate digital content display system disclosed in this disclosure, when an application running on a user device obtains location information generated by a positioning circuit in the user device, the initial graphical user interface will provide multiple linked images within a geographical range based on the current location of the user device. These include user linked images, which link to personally uploaded digital content, and point-of-interest linked images, which are links to points of interest provided by the system within the geographical range, and may also link to digital content uploaded by various users.

[0030] For the initial user interface on the user device, please refer to [reference needed]. Figure 2 The graphical user interface (GUI) shown is an example of an application 20 running on a user device. This GUI is a screen displayed based on misdirection information, including a screen based on an electronic map 200. It displays at least two types of link images: user link images 201, 203, and 205, which are links to digital content generated by users at different locations within the shown geographic area, linking to the address of a specific piece of digital content in the server's database; and point-of-interest (POI) link images 207 and 209, which mark points of interest within this geographic area. For example, POIs form landmark locations on the electronic map, such as tourist attractions, companies, government offices, restaurants, hospitals, user check-in locations, etc., commonly found on electronic maps. All these link images can be linked to the address of digital content in the database.

[0031] When a user selects one of the linked images, the application, upon receiving this selection, initiates and displays another user interface, such as... Figure 3 The diagram shows a graphical user interface for displaying location-appropriate digital content. This is an interface for playing digital content, which can display the user-selected link image 201 and then play digital content 30 through this interface. If this link image is linked to multiple pieces of digital content provided by the same or different users, they can all be played sequentially here.

[0032] However, in addition to the above methods of playing digital content, in another display mode, when the user selects one of the linked images displayed on the graphical user interface, the application running on the user device starts a digital content display area. In particular, this digital content display area mainly provides several blocks, such as a content preview area that provides a preview of the digital content and linked images associated with the digital content, which can link images or points of interest for the user.

[0033] refer to Figure 4The figure shows a graphical user interface for displaying digital content, which includes a user link image 407 and a representative image of the digital content displayed in the digital content display area 40. In the digital content display area 40, a map of a certain geographical range is displayed, which is mainly based on the geographical location associated with the digital content selected by the user for browsing, and at least one link image obtained from the server. The main block for previewing the digital content is a current content preview area 403, which displays a representative image of the digital content generated by the user at a certain geographical location associated with the selected link image, and can also display a representative image of the digital content of the geographical location, theme tag or category associated with the selected link image. This representative image can be a static thumbnail, screenshot, image, text, information, etc. extracted from the digital content, or a dynamic segment extracted from the digital content, including but not limited to images, sounds, music, live broadcasts, etc. The purpose is to allow the user to preview the content and determine whether to play the entire digital content. In this example, the user link image 407 and the location information 409 of the current digital content can be displayed below the current content preview area 403. According to other embodiments, the link image and information below the current content preview area 403 can also be a point of interest and an explanation (such as Figure 6 Embodiments), an image representing a theme tag and its explanation (which can be the theme tag itself), or a category and its explanation, etc.

[0034] According to this example, the server queries the database to determine whether the user of the selected digital content has other digital content generated at other locations. If the user has digital content generated at other locations, the application program executed on the user device can receive this information from the server and display the previous content preview area 401 and / or the next content preview area 405 adjacent to the current content preview area 403. The previous and / or next digital content of the current previewed digital content can be determined based on the time point at which the user posted the digital content.

[0035] The previous content preview area 401 is used to display a representative image of the digital content generated by the user at another geographical location, and the next content preview area 405 is used to display a representative image of the digital content generated by the user at another geographical location. The digital content of the user displayed in the previous or next content preview area can be determined based on the time of posting, or other reference basis, such as the degree of popularity (e.g. number of likes), or the system randomly determines the previous or next digital content of the user.

[0036] It is noted that when the user interface switches to this Figure 4The displayed display mode, initially displayed in the current content preview area 403, the representative image of the digital content can be the digital content provided by the server according to the position information generated by the user device, or the digital content selected by the user in at least one link image in a geographical range. If the user associated with this digital content has other digital content in different positions, the corresponding representative image of the digital content is displayed through the previous content preview area 401 and / or the next content preview area 405.

[0037] And the application provides a user with a gesture in the user device to select the digital content of the preview associated user, for example, the user can decide to display the representative image of one of the digital contents associated with a certain user in the current content preview area 403 by swiping left and right on the display screen of the user device, while the electronic map 410 in the background of the graphical user interface can synchronously display (switch) the geographical range corresponding to the geographical position where the digital content is generated.

[0038] When the user previews the digital content of the user in the digital content display area 40 by gesture, the previous content preview area 401 or the next content preview area 405 can be switched at any time, including the current content preview area 403, which can switch the representative image of the displayed digital content according to the selection, wherein the representative image can be generated by the user device in real time or provided by the server. Then, as Figure 5 Display, when the user browses the digital content by gesture until the last stroke of the user's previewable digital content, the digital content display area 40 can display some information about the user in the current content preview area 403, such as the user link image 407' shown in the legend, so that the user can make further selection, such as tracking this user, so that the system can prompt the relevant digital content of this user.

[0039] Then, the graphical user interface of the above-mentioned embodiment of the adaptive digital content is for the digital content of the user, Figure 6 Then, the geographical position-based graphical user interface embodiment is displayed.

[0040] When the link image selected by the user on the graphical user interface is a point of interest link image 607, the digital content display area 60 is displayed on the user device, which also provides several blocks, including the digital content display area 60 for previewing digital content and the selected point of interest link image 607.

[0041] The digital content display area 60 may include a screen with an electronic map 610 as a background, displaying a map of a certain geographical area, which may be about the selected point of interest. The main area is the current content preview area 603, which displays a representative image of the digital content of the selected point of interest, which may be an image, text, information, or a dynamic clip extracted from the digital content. Below the current content preview area 603, a link image 607 for the point of interest and location information 609 of the current digital content's location may be displayed.

[0042] The database can be queried from the server to obtain digital content related to a certain point of interest, as well as other related digital content. The previous content preview area 601 and / or the next content preview area 605 can be displayed in a position adjacent to the current content preview area 603. The order can be sorted according to time sequence, evaluation, or random method.

[0043] The previous content preview area 601 can be a representative image of digital content generated by a point of interest (or related user) at another geographical location; the next content preview area 605 is used to display a representative image of digital content generated by the same point of interest (or related user) at yet another geographical location. Similarly, the previous or next content preview area can be based on the publication time, or other reference criteria, such as popularity (e.g., number of likes), or the system can randomly determine what the user's previous or next digital content is.

[0044] As described above, when a user selects a linked image from the graphical user interface, a representative image of the digital content associated with the selected linked image—the user, geographic location, topic tag, or category—is displayed. The software program running on the server can also query the database based on the selected linked image to obtain other digital content related to the geographic location, one or more topic tags for each digital content, and one or more categories to which each digital content belongs. This allows the digital content presented in the content preview area (401, 601) for the user to choose to play to include multiple pieces of digital content generated by the same user, multiple pieces of digital content linked by the same point of interest, digital content generated by the same geographic location, multiple pieces of digital content with the same topic tag, or multiple pieces of digital content in the same category, providing a diverse experience.

[0045] In summary, through the user interface of various display modes, the display of location-based digital content allows users to quickly switch between digital content generated by the user in other geographical locations or other location-based digital content about a point of interest within a single display screen, and quickly preview the screen. At the same time, the electronic map behind it can also switch the displayed geographical range synchronously, enabling users to keep track of various digital content in different locations and related geographical ranges at any time. Figure 7 A flowchart embodiment of a method for displaying location-appropriate digital content.

[0046] At the beginning of the flow, the server receives the location information transmitted by the application of the user device, as step S701. The server queries the database according to the location information to match the digital content related to the geography, as step S703. The server provides the link images displayed on the user device, as step S705. The link images can include the user link image and the point of interest link image. The user can click the link image of interest. The point of interest information can be displayed near the point of interest link image. The user message, label and / or name can be displayed near the user link image.

[0047] Then, the server receives the selection instruction of the user selecting one of the link images through the application of the user device, as step S707. The server can query the name, image and link of the user or the geographical location (point of interest) according to the selected link image, as step S709. Further, the server can query other digital content of the same or related subject tag and classification according to the subject tag and classification of the digital content of the selected link image. The server displays a geographical range on the electronic map of the background of the screen according to the location associated with the link image, as step S711. The server displays the thumbnail of the digital content in the current content preview area, as step S713. The thumbnail can be the static or dynamic representative image.

[0048] Further, if the user of the selected digital content has other digital content generated in other geographical locations, the server displays the previous content preview area or the next content preview area in the graphical user interface in addition to the content preview area being the current content preview area, as step S715. Each content preview area displays the representative image of the corresponding digital content. Similarly, the digital content linked by the previous and next content preview areas can also be the point of interest associated digital content.

[0049] According to the embodiment, the representative image in the current content preview area, the previous content preview area or the next content preview area can be the representative image of the digital content generated by the same user in another geographical location, the representative image of other digital content of the same or related point of interest, the representative image of other digital content of the same or related subject tag, or the representative image of other digital content of the same or related classification.

[0050] In one embodiment, if the user has multiple digital contents in the same geographical location or in a small range of geographical locations, the content preview area can include links to multiple digital contents in the same geographical location (linked to the database) so that the content preview area also provides a play of multiple digital contents in the same geographical location. Once the user selects to play the digital content in the content preview area, the graphical user interface initiates a digital content play page to sequentially play the multiple digital contents in the same geographical location.

[0051] Further, in one embodiment, when the user selects to play the digital content in the content preview area (or the previous or next content preview area), the digital content play page also sequentially plays other digital contents of the same user, other digital contents of the same or related points of interest, other digital contents of the same or related topic tags, or other digital contents of the same or related categories.

[0052] The flow can then refer to the flow embodiment shown in Figure 8 .

[0053] The user device can be a display screen with touch or other gesture input functions so that the user can switch the digital contents of different geographical locations in the content preview area by gestures, as shown in the above Figure 4 The flow starts from step S801 when the user device receives a user gesture.

[0054] As shown in step S803, the user gesture can be a swipe left or right from the current content preview area to the previous or next content preview area so that the application program switches the digital contents of other geographical locations, other digital contents associated with a point of interest, other digital contents of the same or related topic tags, or other digital contents of the same or related categories according to the user gesture. At the same time, as shown in step S805, the application program can also switch the background map according to the switched digital contents. It is noted that the digital contents based on topic tags or categories can not switch the background map. As shown in step S807, the representative image of the digital content in the current content preview area is also displayed in the user interface, as shown in step S809, the user link image, the point of interest link image, and the related location information are also displayed in the user interface. If the user (or the point of interest, the topic tag, or the category) has other digital contents in other locations, the representative images of the corresponding digital contents can also be displayed in the previous or next content preview area, as shown in step S811.

[0055] During operation, the program in the application determines which representative image of one of the digital contents associated with the user or the point of interest is displayed in the current content preview area according to the gesture swiping left or right on the display screen of the user device. In this example, as shown in step S813, whether the last content of the user is reached? If not, it means that there are other digital contents, and the representative image of the digital content is still displayed in the previous or next content preview area as described in step S811; if yes, it means that there is no next digital content, and the specific information is displayed as described in step S815, such as the information of tracking the user as described in the above embodiment.

[0056] In summary, unlike the conventional way of providing users to browse the digital contents in the community, the display method of the appropriate digital content described in the above embodiment mainly provides users with convenient and fast browsing and playing of the appropriate digital content of interest through the graphical user interface with the content preview area. The graphical user interface provided by the content preview area provides representative images according to the system classification of the digital content uploaded by each user according to its popularity, attention, browsing rate or check-in situation. In addition to the user being able to quickly preview the digital content related to the geographical location to conveniently select the digital content of interest, the user can further play the digital content, or sequentially play the digital content generated by the same or different user at the same geographical location. The method overturns the conventional way of only being able to display the digital content in a list, or only providing the digital content according to the user's search.

[0057] The above disclosed content is only a preferred feasible embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent application range of the present application, so any equivalent technical changes made according to the content of the specification and drawings of the present application are included in the patent application range of the present application.

Claims

1. A display method of adaptive digital content, characterized by The method comprises: executing an application program on a user device to initiate a graphical user interface, wherein a geographical scope is displayed according to a geographical location associated with digital content, and at least one link image obtained from a server is displayed within the geographical scope, the link images being a user link image or a point of interest link image, wherein the user link image is a link to digital content uploaded by a user at different locations within the displayed geographical scope, and a user message, a label and / or a name are displayed near the link image, and the point of interest link image is used to mark a point of interest within the geographical scope and provide a link to the point of interest; in the server, according to the selection of one of the link images, querying a database to obtain the user of one or more pieces of digital content associated with the link image, the geographical location associated with each piece of digital content, one or more topic tags of each piece of digital content, and one or more categories to which each piece of digital content belongs; displaying a content preview area in which a link image can be selected to play digital content in the graphical user interface; and displaying a representative image of a piece of digital content associated with the selected link image in the content preview area, wherein the representative image is generated in real time by the user device or provided by the server; wherein, when the selected link image is also associated with one or more other pieces of digital content, in addition to a current content preview area formed by the content preview area, a user is provided with a gesture to swipe left and right on the display screen of the user device to determine which representative image of a piece of digital content associated with the selected link image is displayed in the current content preview area, and at the same time, the geographical scope corresponding to the geographical location of the digital content is switched in the background of the graphical user interface, thereby providing a previous content preview area and a next content preview area to play other digital content of the same user, other digital content of the same or related point of interest, other digital content of the same or related topic tag, or other digital content of the same or related category.

2. The display method of the appropriate digital content according to Claim 1, wherein When the digital content in the content preview area is selected to be played, a digital content playing page is displayed in the graphical user interface to sequentially play one or more pieces of digital content linked by the content preview area.

3. The display method of the appropriate digital content according to Claim 1, characterized by The graphical user interface displays a geographical scope based on an electronic map, and the geographical scope initially displayed by the graphical user interface is the scope of the electronic map displayed according to the location information generated by the user device.

4. The display method of the appropriate digital content according to Claim 3, characterized by The electronic map displayed in the background of the graphical user interface displays a geographical scope corresponding to the geographical location of the digital content in the current content preview area.

5. A user interface for performing the method of displaying suitability of digital content as claimed in claim 1, characterized by The user interface is a graphical user interface initiated by executing an application program on a user device, wherein at least one link image obtained from a server is displayed, and in the server, a database is queried according to the selection of one of the link images to obtain one or more pieces of digital content associated with the selected link image; wherein the user interface comprises: a content preview area and the link image, the content preview area displays a representative image of digital content associated with a geographic location, wherein the content preview area comprises: a current content preview area, which displays a representative image of digital content associated with a user, a geographic location, a theme tag or a category selected by the link image.

6. The user interface of claim 5, wherein The graphical user interface displays a geographic range based on an electronic map, and the at least one link image in the geographic range is obtained from the server.

7. The user interface of claim 5, wherein The content preview area further comprises a previous content preview area or a next content preview area, which displays a representative image of digital content associated with another geographic location by the same user, a representative image of other digital content associated with the same or related point of interest, a representative image of other digital content associated with the same or related theme tag, or a representative image of other digital content associated with the same or related category.

8. A display system of geo-specific digital content, characterized by The system comprises: a server, which comprises a database storing a plurality of pieces of location-based digital content provided by a plurality of users; and an application program executed on a user device, which displays a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface comprises: a content preview area and the link image, the content preview area displays a representative image of digital content associated with a geographic location, wherein the content preview area comprises a current content preview area, which displays a representative image of digital content associated with a user, a geographic location, a theme tag or a category selected by the link image, the link image is a user link image or a point of interest link image, wherein the user link image links digital content generated by different users at different locations within the geographic range, links personal uploaded digital content, and displays user messages, annotations and / or names near the link image, and the point of interest link image is used to mark a point of interest within the geographic range and link the point of interest; wherein a method for displaying location-based digital content is executed in the system for displaying location-based digital content, comprising: in the server, providing at least one link image within a geographic range according to a location information generated by the user device, wherein each link image is associated with at least one piece of location-based digital content; according to the selection of one of the link images, querying the database to obtain a user of one or more pieces of digital content associated with the selected link image, a geographic location associated with each piece of digital content, one or more theme tags of each piece of digital content, and one or more categories to which each piece of digital content belongs; in the graphical user interface, starting the content preview area and the link image, which can play the digital content; and displaying a representative image of digital content associated with the selected link image in the current content preview area, wherein the representative image is calculated in real time by the user device or provided by the server. wherein, when the selected link image is associated with one or more other digital contents, in addition to the current content preview area formed by the content preview area, a user is provided with a gesture to swipe left or right on the display screen of the user device to determine a representative image of one of the digital contents associated with the selected link image to be displayed in the current content preview area, while switching the graphical user interface background to a geographical scope corresponding to the geographical location of the digital content, thereby providing a play of other digital contents of the same user, other digital contents of the same or related points of interest, other digital contents of the same or related topic tags, or other digital contents of the same or related categories through the previous content preview area and the next content preview area.

9. The display system of digital content suitable for the ground of claim 8, characterized by, The graphical user interface background is an electronic map.

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