Map tile data pre-fetching based on user activity analysis

A computer-implemented method for pre-fetching mapping data to a mobile computing device based on user activity with an application, the method comprising:

• sending user activity data to a remote mapping system via a network connection, the user activity data generated or received by an application and indicating a geographic location;
• receiving mapping data from a remote mapping system, the map tile data corresponding to the geographic location from the user activity data;
• storing the received mapping data in a cache storage of the mobile computing device;
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• subsequently retrieving the received mapping data from the cache storage for display at the mobile computing device without receiving further communication from the mapping system.

A computer system for pre-fetching mapping data to a mobile computing device based on user activity, the system comprising:

• a mobile computing device with a memory and a processor;
• a user activity module at the mobile computing device in communication with the memory storing instructions for execution on the processor of the mobile computing device, the instructions to receive user activity data from an application executing on the mobile computing device, and to send the user activity data to a remote mapping system via a network connection, the user activity data indicating a geographic location;
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• a mapping module at the mobile computing device in communication with the memory storing instructions for execution on the processor of the mobile computing device, the instructions to receive mapping data from the remote mapping system, the mapping data corresponding to the geographic location data, to store the received mapping data in cache storage at the mobile computing device, and to subsequently retrieve the matched mapping data from the cache storage for display at the mobile computing device without receiving further data that originates externally from the mobile computing device.