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US 7,474,960 B1Granted
Presenting a travel route
AssigneeMapQuest, Inc.
InventorDavid W. Nesbitt
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for presenting a route using a route presentation that provides both a context map and one or more detail route maps. Narrative instructions for the route also may be presented. The presentation of the context map and the one or more detail route maps may be interactive. The route presentation also may be user-controllable such that a user may control the portions of a route that are printed. The route presentation also may include a re-routing feature that allows a user to request that a new route be identified that avoids a particular maneuver or maneuvers in a route.
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A computer-implemented method for presenting a route, the method comprising:
- accessing route information for a route that includes an origin location and a destination location;
- generating a context map that includes the origin location, the destination location, and a route between the origin location and destination location;
- identifying maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another;
- generating, based at least in part on the identified maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another, at least one detail map which is associated with the context map and includes a portion of the route such that the detail map includes at most one of the origin location or the destination location and the identified maneuvers;
- enabling generation of a graphical user interface which includes the context map and the detail map generated based on the identified maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another such that at least a portion of the route is concurrently included in both the context map and the detail map;
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- enabling displaying of the generated graphical user interface on a display associated with the user system.
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A computer-implemented method for displaying a route, the method comprising:
- identifying maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another;
- enabling displaying, for a route, of a context map that includes an origin location, a destination location, and at least one user-selectable indicator associated with a detail map, the detail map including a portion of the route having at most one of the origin location or the destination location and the identified maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another;
- accessing an indication that identifies a user-selectable indicator;
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- enabling displaying, concurrent with and on a single display as the context map, of the detail map associated with the user-selectable indicator identified by the accessed indication.
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A system for presenting a route, the system comprising:
- a means for accessing route information for a route that includes an origin location and a destination location;
- a means for generating a context map that includes the origin location, the destination location, and a route between the origin location and destination location;
- a means for identifying maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another;
- a means for generating, based at least in part on the identified maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another, at least one detail map which is associated with the context map and includes a portion of the route such that the detail map includes at most one of the origin location or the destination location and the identified maneuvers;
- means for generating a graphical user interface which includes the context map and the detail map generated based on the identified maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another such that at least a portion of the route is concurrently included in both the context map and the detail map;
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- a means for displaying the generated graphical user interface on a display associated with the user system.
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A system for displaying a route, the system comprising:
- a means for identifying maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another;
- a means for displaying for a route, a context map that includes an origin location, a destination location, and at least one user-selectable indicator associated with a detail map, the detail map including a portion of the route having at most one of the origin location or the destination location and the identified maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another;
- a means for accessing an indication that identifies a user-selectable indicator;
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- a means for displaying, concurrent with and on a single display as the context map, of the detail map associated with the user-selectable indicator identified by the accessed indication.
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A computer-implemented method for presenting a route, the method comprising:
- accessing route information for a route that includes an origin location and a destination location;
- generating a context map that includes the origin location, the destination location, and a route between the origin location and destination location;
- enabling generation of a first graphical user interface which includes the context map;
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- identifying maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another;
- generating, based at least in part on the identified maneuvers that are within a predetermined distance from one another:
- at least one detail map which is associated with the context map and includes a portion of the route such that the detail map includes at most one of the origin location or the destination location and the identified maneuvers, and
- a second graphical user interface which concurrently renders at least a portion of the route within the context map and the detail map;
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- enabling displaying of the second graphical user interface on a display associated with the user system.
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