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US 2006/0080032 A1Published application
System and method of wireless downloads of map and geographic based data to portable computing devices
OwnerClive Cooper, Alfred Wallnerinventors
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Abstract
A system and method of managing map data on electronic devices such as portable electronic devices which includes a system and method of preloading map data, managing map data storage, sharing point of interest or pushpin data with other electronic devices, and displaying map data is disclosed.
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A system for identifying a portion of a map on a display, the system comprising:
- means for associating each of a plurality of regions of the map with a different color;
- means for displaying each of the regions on the display in the associated color;
- means for receiving a user selection of a pixel of the display;
- means for determining the color of the pixel;
- and
- means for identifying a selected region of the map by identifying the color of the pixel as having the color associated with the selected region.
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A method of preloading map data, the method comprising:
- storing map data on an electronic device;
- determining the location of the electronic device;
- predicting a direction of travel of the electronic device;
- identifying map data along the direction of travel that is absent from the stored map data;
- receiving the identified map data along the predicted direction of travel;
- and
- storing the identified map data.
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A system for preloading map data, the system comprising:
- a storage configured to store map data on an electronic device;
- a device configured to determine the location of the electronic device;
- a transceiver configured to receive map data;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- identify a route of travel of the electronic device;
- identify map data along the route of travel that is absent from the stored map data;
- and
- download the identified map data along the route of travel via the transceiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.