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US 2015/0177017 A1Published application
Method, System, and Computer Program Product For Visual Disambiguation For Directions Queries
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorJonah Jones
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Abstract
Systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces are provided to send a map search request including a start location and a search term to a map server, receive a number of routes, each of the routes describing a route from the start location to one of a number of potential destinations, receive a road style for rendering roads in a map extent encompassing the routes, and simultaneously display the routes based on a multiple route style.
Claims27
A method of visual disambiguation for directions queries, the method comprising:
- obtaining user parameters comprising a start location and a search term;
- sending by a plurality of processors a map search request comprising the start location and the search term to a map server, the start location and the search term being used by the map server to:
- identify a plurality of potential destinations that are each within a threshold distance of the start location and associated with the search term;
- and
- generate a plurality of routes, each of the plurality of routes describing a route from the start location to one of a plurality of potential destinations associated with the search term;
- receiving by the plurality of processors the plurality of routes in response to the map search request;
- receiving by the plurality of processors a road style for rendering roads in a map extent encompassing the plurality of routes;
- and
- simultaneously displaying the plurality of routes based on a multiple route style that comprises the road style.
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A method of visual disambiguation for directions queries, the method comprising:
- receiving a map search request comprising a start location and a search term;
- performing by a plurality of processors a spatial search to identify a plurality of potential destinations that are each within a threshold distance of the start location and associated with the search term;
- generating by the plurality of processors a plurality of routes, each of the plurality of routes describing a route from the start location to one of the plurality of potential destinations;
- obtaining a road style for rendering roads in a map extent that encompasses the plurality of routes;
- and
- sending the plurality of routes and the road style to a user device, the user device simultaneously displaying the plurality of routes based on a multiple route style that comprises the road style.
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A system, comprising:
- a plurality of memories;
- a plurality of processors, each operatively connected to at least one of the plurality of memories;
- a user device interface stored on the plurality of memories, the user device interface being executed by the plurality of processors to:
- receive a map search request comprising a start location and a search term from a user device;
- and
- send a plurality of routes and a road style to the user device, the user device simultaneously displaying the plurality of routes based on a multiple route style that comprises the road style;
- a mapping module stored on the plurality of memories, the mapping module being executed by the plurality of processors to:
- perform a spatial search to identify a plurality of potential destinations that are each within a threshold distance of the start location and associated with the search term;
- generate the plurality of routes, each of the plurality of routes describing a route from the start location to one of the plurality of potential destinations;
- and
- obtain the road style for rendering roads in a map extent that encompasses the plurality of routes.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-executable program instructions embodied therein that when executed cause a plurality of processors to:
- receive a map search request comprising a start location and a search term;
- perform a spatial search to identify a plurality of potential destinations that are each within a threshold distance of the start location and associated with the search term;
- generate a plurality of routes, each of the plurality of routes describing a route from the start location to one of the plurality of potential destinations;
- obtain a road style for rendering roads in a map extent that encompasses the plurality of routes;
- and
- send the plurality of routes and the road style to a user device, the user device simultaneously displaying the plurality of routes based on a multiple route style that comprises the road style.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.