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Method and system for distribution of map content to mobile communication devices

US8788613B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

8References

35Claims

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Assignee

BlackBerry Limited · CA

Inventors

Eric Johnson · Ottawa, CA
Jesse Joseph Boudreau · Gatineau, CA
Ronald Anthony Dicke · Ottawa, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 7, 2006
Grant date	Jul 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/52
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method are set forth for distributing map content from a server to a communication device by transmitting a request from the communication device to the map server for a maplet index of map data covering a specified area and identified by coordinates for defining the map data, receiving the request at the map server and in response transmitting the maplet index to the communication device, wherein the maplet index defines content available the maplet without including all of the data points therein.

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