Methods and apparatus for retrieving and displaying map-related data for visually displayed maps of mobile communication devices
US7913192B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 7, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/34
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One method involves causing a viewable map region of a map to be displayed, the viewable map region having points of interest (POI) indicators; monitoring to detect a user selection of one of the POI indicators; causing information corresponding to the POI indicator to be displayed in response to detecting the user selection, the information including a file identifier corresponding to a file; monitoring to detect a user selection of the file identifier; and causing, with use of a file link, file contents information of the file to be requested and received through a wireless network from a file server in response to detecting the user selection. The file contents of the file are provided in a converted XML format. Preferably, data associated with the files are maintained in one or more private databases separate from the public network database which stores the map data.
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