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US 8,136,044 B2Granted
Method, network server and computer program for determining advertisement information relating to map information
AssigneeCore Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
InventorsAhti Muhonen, Juha Salo, Matthew Snyder
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Abstract
The invention relates to a solution in which advertisement icons displayed together with map information relate to the displayed map information. In one embodiment of the invention, some or all of the advertisement icons are from service providers situated within the geographical area displayed by the map information.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a network server, a request for map information;
- determining, by the network server, based on at least one criterion, a set of advertisements relating to the requested map information;
- causing, at least in part, sending the requested map information and the determined set of advertisements;
- and
- causing, at least in part, displaying, within a map view area of a display, a map image corresponding to the requested map information that shows indicators relating to locations of providers associated with the determined set of advertisements, and displaying the determined set of advertisements in a separate area of the display surrounding the map view area;
- and
- wherein the determined set of advertisements includes at least one advertisement associated with a provider of a location outside of the map image, the method further comprising causing, at least in part, displaying the at least one advertisement at a position within the separate area of the display surrounding the map view area of the display, where the position indicates a direction, relative to the map image, of the location of the provider outside the map image.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
- generate receive, from a browser, a request for map information request;
- receive the requested map information and a set of advertisements relating to the requested map information, wherein the set of advertisements was determined based on at least one criterion;
- and
- cause, at least in part, displaying, within a map view area of a display, a map image corresponding to the requested map information that shows indicators relating to locations of providers associated with the determined set of advertisements, and displaying the determined set of advertisements in a separate area of the display surrounding the map view area;
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- wherein the determined set of advertisements includes at least one advertisement associated with a provider of a location outside of the map image, the apparatus is further caused to cause, at least in part, displaying the at least one advertisement at a position within the separate area of the display surrounding the map view area, where the position indicates a direction, relative to the map image, of the location of the provider outside the map image.
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A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
- generating a request for map information;
- receiving the requested map information and a set of advertisements relating to the requested map information, wherein the set of advertisements was determined based on at least one criterion;
- and
- causing, at least in part, displaying, within a map view area of a display, a map image corresponding to the requested map information that shows indicators relating to locations of providers associated with the determined set of advertisements, and displaying the determined set of advertisements in a separate area of the display surrounding the map view area;
- and
- wherein the determined set of advertisements includes at least one advertisement associated with a provider of a location outside of the map image, the apparatus is further caused to perform displaying the at least one advertisement at a position within the separate area of the display surrounding the map view area, where the position indicates a direction, relative to the map image, of the location of the provider outside the map image.
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A network server comprising:
- a map application module configured to run a map application;
- a map information storage configured to store map information;
- an advertisement storage configured to store advertising information;
- wherein the map application module is further configured to:
- receive a request for map information;
- determine based on at least one criterion a set of advertisements relating to the requested map information;
- and
- cause, at least in part, sending the requested map information and the determined set of advertisements to a device;
- wherein the requested map information and the determined set of advertisements are sent to the device for display, within a map view area, a map image corresponding to the requested map information that shows indicators relating to locations of providers associated with the determined set of advertisements, and display of the determined set of advertisements in a separate area surrounding the map view area;
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- wherein the determined set of advertisements includes at least one advertisement associated with a provider of a location outside of the map image, the requested map information and the determined set of advertisements are sent to the device for further display of the at least one advertisement at a position within the separate area surrounding the map view area, where the position indicates a direction, relative to the map image, of the location of the provider outside the map image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.