Presenting location based icons on a device display
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael B Gordon, James R Kozloski, Jonathan Lenchner, Clifford A Pickover
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Abstract
A first region of interest is determined by user input to a map interface. A set of locations of items of interest is determined located proximate to the region of interest. A background and a first set of representations are presented against the background on the device display according to a location and an orientation of the device, each representation of a respective item of interest located in the first region of interest.
Claims20
A method for presenting location based icons on a device display comprising:
- determining a first region of interest by user input to a first user interface;
- determining a second region of interest according to a device location, wherein the second region of interest radiates away from the device location;
- determining a third region of interest which is an intersection of the first and second regions of interest;
- determining a set of locations of items of interest located proximate to the third region of interest;
- presenting a background and a first set of representations in a second user interface against the background on the device display according to a location and an orientation of the device, each representation of a respective item of interest located in the third region of interest.
Apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- computer memory holding computer program instructions executed by the processor for presenting location based icons on a device display, the computer program instructions comprising:
- program code, operative to determine a first region of interest by user input to a first user interface;
- program code, operative to determine a second region of interest according to a device location, wherein the second region of interest radiates away from the device location;
- program code, operative to determine a third region of interest which is an intersection of the first and second regions of interest;
- program code, operative to determine a set of locations of items of interest located proximate to the third region of interest;
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- program code, operative to present a background and a first set of representations in a second user interface against the background on the device display according to a location and an orientation of the device, each representation of a respective item of interest located in the third region of interest.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium for use in a data processing system, the computer program product holding computer program instructions executed by the data processing system for presenting location based icons on a device display, the computer program instructions comprising:
- program code, operative to determine a first region of interest by user input to a first user interface;
- program code, operative to determine a second region of interest according to a device location, wherein the second region of interest radiates away from the device location;
- program code, operative to determine a third region of interest which is an intersection of the first and second regions of interest;
- program code, operative to determine a set of locations of items of interest located proximate to the third region of interest;
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- program code, operative to present a background and a first set of representations in a second user interface against the background on the device display according to a location and an orientation of the device, each representation of a respective item of interest located in the third region of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.