Method and apparatus for path search through web browsing
AssigneeThinkware Systems Corporation
InventorHee Back Lee
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Abstract
The path retrieval method includes retrieving a destination web page through a web browser of a navigation terminal, calling an application program through a user action in the retrieved destination web page, and transmitting destination location information to the application program, providing the destination location information to the navigation terminal by the application program, and requesting a path retrieval with respect to a destination, and retrieving a path to the destination based on the destination location information by the navigation terminal.
Claims10
A path retrieval method through web browsing, the method comprising:
- receiving keyword information;
- performing a search through the web browser based on the keyword information;
- displaying a result list based on the search to select a destination for retrieving a path to the selected destination;
- retrieving a web page of the selected destination through a web browser of a navigation terminal;
- receiving a user action to receive destination location information on the web page of the selected destination;
- calling an application program that is one of a plug-in program and a control Application Program Interface to be connected with the web browser, and calling the plug-in program or the control Application Program Interface to transmit the destination location information to the application program;
- providing the destination location information as destination coordinate information to the navigation terminal by the application program, and requesting a path retrieval with respect to a destination in a coordinate retrieval mode;
- retrieving a path to the destination based on the destination location information by the navigation terminal;
- and
- displaying the retrieved path on a screen,
- wherein the web page includes a location transmission button and wherein the user action occurs by operating the location transmission button on the web page.
A path retrieval apparatus through web browsing, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit and associated computer hardware to receive keyword information for performing a search through the web browser based on the keyword information and for displaying a result list based on the search to select a destination for retrieving a path to the selected destination;
- a web retrieval unit and associated computer hardware to retrieve a web page of the selected destination through a communication device of a navigation terminal;
- an application program storing unit and associated computer hardware to store an application program for receiving destination location information;
- an application program calling unit and associated computer hardware to call the application program that is one of a plug-in program and a control Application Program Interface to be connected with the web browser when a user action to receive destination location information, is received by the receiving unit, on the web page of the selected destination, and calling a plug-in program or a control Application Program Interface(API) to transmit the destination Program information to the application program;
- a location information receiving unit and associated computer hardware to receive the location information of the destination web page received by the application program in one of a coordinate information format and a destination address format to the navigation terminal;
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- a path retrieval unit to retrieve a path based on the location information received from the location information receiving unit, wherein the retrieved path is displayed on a screen;
- wherein the web page includes a location transmission button and
- wherein the user action occurs by operating the location transmission button on the webpage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.