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• US 10,503,820 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2016
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Duggan, Finbarr, Grochocki, Jr., David, West, Jeff
• Primary Examiner(s): Joseph, Shawn S
• Application Number:
  US15/176,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20170277671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,281 Days
• Field of Search: 715232
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3632 Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. using arrows G01C21/365 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/60 Rotation of whole images or parts thereof

Abstract

A computing device includes a display, a logic machine, and a storage machine holding instructions executable to display a map via the display, and associate a note with location data defining a geographic location. The note is associated with an annotation displayable on the map. The annotation is associated with a location parameter defining a map location at which the annotation is displayed on the map corresponding to the geographic location associated with the note. The annotation is associated with a zoom parameter defining one or more Map zoom levels at which the annotation is displayed on the map. The annotation is associated with a context parameter defining one or more computing device contexts with which the annotation is displayed on the map. A notification corresponding to the note is presented based on the computing device being located within a threshold distance of the geographic location.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising:

a display;

a logic machine; and

a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to;

display a map via the display;

associate a note with location data defining a geographic location;

associate the note with an annotation displayable on the map;

where the annotation is associated with a location parameter defining a map location at which the annotation is displayed on the map, the map location corresponding to the geographic location associated with the note;

where the annotation is associated with a zoom parameter defining one or more map zoom levels at which the annotation is displayed on the map;

where the annotation is associated with a context parameter defining one or more computing device contexts with which the annotation is displayed on the map; and

present a notification corresponding to the note based on detecting that a distance between a current geographic location of the computing device and the geographic location associated with the note has decreased to below a threshold.

2. The computing device of claim 1, where the note is a computer file.

3. The computing device of claim 2, where the note is opened based on receiving user input at the annotation displayed on the map.

4. The computing device of claim 3, where the note is opened in an application external to the map.

5. The computing device of claim 1, where the note is text entered by a user of the computing device.

6. The computing device of claim 1, where the note is a freeform ink line drawn on the map.

7. The computing device of claim 6, where the annotation associated with the note is displayed on the map along with supplementary information, the supplementary information indicating a length of a real-world path represented by the freeform ink line.

8. The computing device of claim 1, where the annotation is associated with an orientation parameter defining one of a plurality of annotation rotation behaviors, the plurality including an orientation-dependent behavior and an orientation-agnostic behavior.

9. The computing device of claim 8, where the orientation parameter associates the orientation-dependent behavior with an annotation pivot point around which the annotation rotates as an orientation of the map changes relative to the display.

10. The computing device of claim 1, where the context parameter includes one or more user-specified annotation categories.

11. The computing device of claim 1, where the location parameter further defines a particular step in a multi-step set of navigation directions, and the annotation is displayed on the map when the particular step is selected.

12. The computing device of claim 1, where multiple annotations are collectively represented as an annotation collection.

13. The computing device of claim 1, where the annotation is associated with a different map location based on receiving a relocation input at the annotation displayed on the map.

14. The computing device of claim 1, where a notification parameter associated with the note defines one or more computing device contexts with which the notification is presented.

15. A computing device, comprising:

a display;

a logic machine; and

a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to;

display a map via the display;

associate a first note with location data defining a first geographic location;

associate the first note with a first annotation displayable on the map, where the first annotation is associated with a first orientation parameter defining an orientation-dependent behavior;

associate a second note with location data defining a second geographic location;

associate the second note with a second annotation displayable on the map, where the second annotation is associated with a second orientation parameter defining an orientation-agnostic behavior;

display the map with a first orientation relative to the display such that the first annotation representing the first note and the second annotation representing the second note are displayed with a first annotation orientation; and

display the map with a second orientation relative to the display, the second orientation different from the first orientation, such that the first annotation is displayed with a second annotation orientation, different than the first annotation orientation, and the second annotation is displayed with the first annotation orientation.

16. The computing device of claim 15, where the first annotation and the second annotation are associated with zoom parameters defining one or more map zoom levels at which the annotations are displayed on the map.

17. The computing device of claim 15, where the first annotation and the second annotation are associated with context parameters defining one or more computing device contexts with which the annotations are displayed on the map.

18. The computing device of claim 15, where the first orientation parameter associates the orientation-dependent behavior with an annotation pivot point around which the first annotation rotates as an orientation of the map changes relative to the display.

19. The computing device of claim 15, where the first note and the second note are freeform ink lines drawn on the map.

20. A computing device, comprising:

a display;

a logic machine; and

a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to;

display a map via the display;

receive a first freeform inking input directed to the map;

based on the first freeform inking input, create a first freeform ink note;

evaluate the first freeform ink note to identify the first freeform ink note as representing handwritten letters;

associate the first freeform ink note with first location data defining a geographic location;

associate the first freeform ink note with a first annotation displayable on the map;

where the first annotation is associated with a first location parameter defining a first map location at which the first annotation is displayed on the map, the first map location corresponding to the geographic location associated with the first freeform ink note;

where the first annotation is associated with a first orientation parameter defining an orientation-dependent behavior based on the first freeform ink note being identified as representing the handwritten letters;

receive a second freeform inking input directed to the map;

based on the second freeform inking input, create a second freeform ink note;

evaluate the second freeform ink note to identify the second freeform ink note as representing a real-world path;

associate the second freeform ink note with second location data defining the real-world path;

associate the second freeform ink note with a second annotation displayable on the map;

where the second annotation is associated with a second location parameter defining a second map location at which the second annotation is displayed on the map, the second map location corresponding to the real-world path associated with the second freeform ink note;

where the second annotation is associated with a second orientation parameter defining an orientation-agnostic behavior based on the second freeform ink note being identified as representing the real-world path;

display the map with a first orientation relative to the display such that the first annotation representing the first freeform ink note and the second annotation representing the second freeform ink note are displayed with a first annotation orientation; and

display the map with a second orientation relative to the display, the second orientation different from the first orientation, such that the first annotation is displayed with a second annotation orientation, the second annotation orientation pivoted about the first map location relative to the first annotation orientation, and the second annotation is displayed with the first annotation orientation.