Presenting Maps on a Client Device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorRobert Brett Rose
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Abstract
A system and method associated with displaying a map on a client device. The method includes transmitting context data related to the client device to a server, where the server is configured to identify that a location-specific map corresponding to a location of the client device is available to be displayed based to the context data; and receiving a signal from the server to display a prompt indicating that the location-specific map is available to be displayed on the client device, where the server determines whether to transmit the signal based on the context data.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a server device, context data related to a mobile device;
- identifying, at the server device, that a location-specific map associated with the context data is available for display by the mobile device;
- responsive to the identifying, transmitting a first signal to the mobile device to cause the mobile device to display a prompt, wherein the prompt includes a first selectable option to cause the mobile device to display the location-specific map and a second selectable option to cause the mobile device not to display the location-specific map;
- receiving, at a first time, an indication of a selection of the first selectable option;
- and
- responsive to receiving the indication of the selection of the first selectable option, transmitting a second signal to the mobile device to cause the mobile device to display the location-specific map.
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A method, comprising:
- transmitting, by a client device, context data related to the client device to a server device;
- receiving a signal from the server device to cause the client device to display a prompt indicating that a location-specific map associated with the context data is available for output by the client device;
- causing the client device to output the prompt, wherein the prompt includes a first selectable option to cause the client device to output the location-specific map and a second selectable option to cause the client device not to output the location-specific map;
- receiving a selection of the first selectable option;
- transmitting an indication of the selection of the first selectable option to the server device;
- and
- responsive to transmitting the indication, receiving data associated with the location-specific map for output by the client device.
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A system for displaying a map on a mobile device, comprising:
- one or more databases storing location-specific maps;
- a mobile device that includes a hardware component configured to detect a location of the mobile device;
- and
- a server device in communication with the mobile device via a data network, the server device configured to:
- receive data related to the location of the mobile device,
- identify that a location-specific map is available for display by the mobile device that corresponds to the location of the mobile device,
- responsive to identifying that a location-specific map is available for display by the mobile device, transmit a first signal to the mobile device to cause the mobile device to output a prompt, wherein the prompt includes a first selectable option to cause the mobile device to display the location-specific map and a second selectable option to cause the mobile device not to display the location-specific map,
- receive an indication of a selection of the first selectable option, and
- transmit a second signal to the mobile device to cause the mobile device to display the location-specific map.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.