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US 9,805,627 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for displaying digital map in client
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYong-Joon Jeon
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying a digital map in a client is provided. The method includes determining a part to be magnified and displayed on the digital map, displaying a magnified map image corresponding to the determined part, receiving information about the magnified map image from a server, and displaying the information received from the server on the magnified map image.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining an area to be magnified on a digital map while displaying the digital map via a screen;
- requesting detailed geographic information on the area from a server;
- receiving a response limited to the detailed geographic information from the server;
- displaying, via the screen, a magnified digital map corresponding to the area, wherein the magnified digital map corresponding to the area is positioned over the displayed digital map;
- and
- displaying the detailed geographic information on the magnified digital map,
- wherein the detailed geographic information comprises at least one of position information, geomorphic information, or point of interest information.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor operably coupled with the memory, the processor configured to:
- determine an area to be magnified on a digital map while displaying the digital map via a screen operably coupled with the apparatus,
- request detailed geographic information on the area from a server,
- receive a response limited to the detailed geographic information from the server,
- display, via the screen, a magnified digital map corresponding to the area, wherein the magnified digital map corresponding to the area is positioned over the displayed digital map, and
- display the detailed geographic information on the magnified digital map,
- wherein the detailed geographic information comprises at least one of position information, geomorphic information, or point of interest information.
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A system comprising:
- a client comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor operably coupled with the memory, the processor configured to:
- determine an area to be magnified on a digital map while displaying the digital map via a screen operably coupled with the client,
- request detailed geographic information limited to the area from a server,
- receive a response limited to the detailed geographic information from the server,
- display, via the screen, a magnified digital map corresponding to the area, wherein the magnified digital map corresponding to the area is positioned over the displayed digital map, and
- display the detailed geographic information on the magnified digital map,
- the server comprising:
- a memory for storing data associated with the digital map;
- and
- a processor operably coupled with the memory, the processor configured to:
- receive, from the client, the request for the detail geographic information limited to the area of the digital map, and
- transmit, to the client, the detailed geographic information,
- wherein the detailed geographic information comprises at least one of position information, geomorphic information, or point of interest information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.