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Method and system for displaying navigation information and mapping content on an electronic map

US8478527B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30Claims

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Assignee

Neske Research K.G. L.L.C. · US

Inventors

Gabriel Jakobson · Brookline, US
Steven L. Rueben · Las Vegas, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 5, 2011
Grant date	Jul 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G1/0969
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for displaying object vector indicators (“OVI”) and mapping-media content, referencing map-objects (“MO”) on an electronic map, the method including determining that at least one MO is outside a visible area of a displayed map, creating an OVI to reference the MO, displaying the OVI on the electronic map, receiving user input selecting the OVI, retrieving media-content associated with the MO and displaying the media-content. In various embodiments, the OVI may contain various navigation information referencing the OVI; the OVI may be displayed at the periphery of the displayed map; the OVI may be repositioned in response to a changing in position of an electronic device displaying the OVI and/or the MO, etc.

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