Dual position display
OwnerPeter D. Hallenbeckinventor
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Abstract
A dual position display is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include simultaneously displaying at least two geographic locations for a single device. In some embodiments, a received position of the device is displayed, the received position being received from the on-line, real-time mapping system and being indicated on a map display by a first icon. In at least some embodiments, the current position of the device as indicated by the positioning receiver is also displayed, the current position of the device being indicated on the map display by a second icon displayed simultaneously with the first icon. In at least some embodiments, the map display continues to display the received position as a previous position that corresponds to a loss of communication of the positioning data between the device and the mapping system.
Claims22
A method of simultaneously displaying at least two geographic locations for a single device, the method comprising:
- sending positioning data from positioning receiver co-located with the device to an on-line, real-time mapping system;
- displaying a received position of the device, the received position being received from the on-line, real-time mapping system, the received position being indicated on a map display by a first icon;
- displaying the current position of the device as indicated by the positioning receiver, the current position of the device being indicated on the map display by a second icon displayed simultaneously with the first icon;
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- continuing to display the received position as a previous position that corresponds to a loss of communication of positioning data between the device and the mapping system, the previous position of the device being indicated on the map display.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer program code embodied therein, the computer program code being configured to simultaneously display at least two geographic locations for a single device, the computer program code comprising:
- instructions for sending positioning data from a positioning receiver co-located with the device to an on-line, real-time mapping system;
- instructions for displaying a received position of the device, the received position being received from the on-line, real-time mapping system, the received position being indicated on a map display by a first icon;
- instructions for displaying the current position of the device as indicated by the positioning receiver, the current position of the device being indicated on the map display by a second icon displayed simultaneously with the first icon;
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- instructions for continuing to display the received position as a previous position that corresponds to a loss of communication of positioning data between the device and the mapping system, the previous position of the device being indicated on the map display.
A system to simultaneously display at least two geographic locations for a single device, the system comprising:
- a data store comprising data representing a received position of the device, wherein the received position is received from the device and sent back to the device;
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- an instruction execution platform including non-transitory computer program code, which when executed, causes the execution of a method comprising:
- sending positioning data from a positioning receiver co-located with the device to the system;
- displaying a received position of the device, the received position being received from the system, the received position being indicated on a map display by a first icon;
- displaying the current position of the device as indicated by the positioning receiver, the current position of the device being indicated on the map display by a second icon displayed simultaneously with the first icon;
- and
- continuing to display the received position as a previous position that corresponds to a loss of communication of positioning data between the device and the mapping system, the previous position of the device being indicated on the map display.
An apparatus for simultaneously displaying at least two geographic locations for a single device, the apparatus comprising:
- means for sending positioning data from a positioning receiver co-located with the device to an on-line, real-time mapping system;
- means for displaying a received position of the device, the received position being received from the on-line, real-time mapping system, the received position being indicated on a map display by a first icon;
- means for displaying the current position of the device as indicated by the positioning receiver, the current position of the device being indicated on the map display by a second icon displayed simultaneously with the first icon;
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- means for continuing to display the received position as a previous position that corresponds to a loss of communication of positioning data between the device and the mapping system, the previous position of the device being indicated the map display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.