Mashing mapping content displayed on mobile devices

• US 10,469,980 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2016
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nearby Systems LLC (Empire IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire IP LLC
• Inventors: Jakobson, Gabriel, Rueben, Steven L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Faber, David
• Application Number:
  US15/346,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20170052691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method and apparatus for mapping addressable information (e.g., locations denoted by name or address, street addresses, landmarks, etc.) off of disparate applications on a mobile device, onto an existing map on the mobile device, are disclosed. An application on a mobile device may display addressable information (e.g., a website displaying a location name and/or address, an email containing an address, etc.). In response to a user'"'"'s selecting the addressable information and invoking a mapping command, a map-display application (e.g., Google Maps®, Yahoo! Maps®, Windows Live Search Map®, MapQuest®, iPhone® maps, Waze® etc.) may be automatically presented (e.g., launches, become visible, displayed, etc.) displaying the addressable information in addition to at least one prior mapping content previously displayed by the map-display application.

Claims

1. A system for displaying location-based content on a digital map displayed on a mobile device, comprising:

a memory of a mobile device storing a first non-browser application;

a processor of the mobile device executing the first non-browser application;

a touch screen of the mobile device displaying a user interface of the first non-browser application;

a GPS device of the mobile device determining a location of the mobile device, and

a mapping component of the first non-browser application configured to communicate with an online mapping service to download map data and display a map within the user interface of the first non-browser application, and

wherein the mapping component transmits a query including the location of the mobile device to the online mapping service, and

wherein the map data is based on the location of the mobile device;

wherein the memory stores a second non-browser application that is a mapping application, and

wherein the mapping component invokes the mapping application and directs the mapping application to transmit a query including the location of the mobile device and a destination location to the online mapping service to obtain driving directions from the location of the mobile device to the destination location, and

wherein the driving directions are displayed in a map displayed by the mapping application on the touch screen.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the mapping component communicates with the online mapping service via an application programming interface.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the map within the user interface of the first non-browser application occupies less than the entire user interface.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the map data includes at least one point-of-interest pre-selected by the online mapping service to display on the map within the user interface of the first non-browser application based on the location of the mobile device and a default zoom level associated with the map within the user interface of the first non-browser application.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the map data includes a scrollable list of points-of-interest to be displayed in the user interface with the map within the user interface of the first non-browser application, and wherein scrolling the list does not change the displayed map within the user interface of the first non-browser application.