Information dense user interface mechanics for geolocation
Assigneefisoc, Inc.
InventorsDavid H. Fruhling, II, Jay P. Valanju, Daniel Edward Kim, Gerald Alexander Patterson, Brian Rainey
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Abstract
A graphical user interface is cooperable with geopositioning hardware and software on a user device. The geopositioning hardware and software identify points of interest relative to a current location of the user device according to user-defined search parameters. The graphical user interface includes a geographic summary thumbnail that graphically summarizes distance and direction to a respective one of the points of interest with respect to the current location.
Claims27
A method for presenting an information dense user interface for geolocation, the method comprising:
- (a) a user device accessing with communication hardware or storing with an onboard memory a database including points of interest;
- (b) the user device including geolocation hardware for determining a current location of the user device;
- (c) searching the database with the user device according to user defined parameters and the current location;
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- (d) displaying search results, wherein the search results include points of interest based on the user defined parameters and the current location, and wherein for each of the points of interest, the search results include a geographic summary thumbnail that graphically summarizes distance and direction with respect to the current location.
A graphical user interface cooperable with geopositioning hardware and software on a user device, the geopositioning hardware and software identifying points of interest relative to a current location of the user device according to user-defined search parameters, the graphical user interface comprising a geographic summary thumbnail that graphically summarizes distance and direction to a respective one of the points of interest with respect to the current location.
A computer system for presenting an information dense user interface for geolocation, the computer system comprising:
- a processor;
- communication hardware and an onboard memory communicating with the processor, the computer system accessing via the communication hardware or storing in the onboard memory a database including points of interest;
- geolocation hardware for determining a current location of the computer system;
- software run by the processor and accessible by the communication hardware or stored in the onboard memory that searches the database according to user defined parameters and the current location;
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- a display communicating with the processor, the processor displaying search results on the display, wherein the search results include points of interest based on the user defined parameters and the current location, and wherein for each of the points of interest, the search results include a geographic summary thumbnail that graphically summarizes distance and direction with respect to the current location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.