Data structure of a point of interest and method for use and application of a point of interest with data structure
First Claim
1. A data structure of information about a point of interest (POI) (POI information), comprising:
- a location information block comprising a plurality sets of POI information each comprising a plurality sets of location name; and
an attribute information block comprising a plurality sets of district-categorized POI information and a plurality sets of location character categorized POI information and a combination thereof.
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Abstract
A data structure for a point of interest (POI) and a method for use and application of POI information with the data structure, and is applied in a handheld device. The POI information for a single POI is sorted based on attributes of the POI and the sorted sets of POI information are included in folders, file names or POI information. As such, when a locating operation for the POI information is requested, the amount of operations for locating the handheld device may be reduced and processing thereof may be sped up. Further, the sorting technology with respect to the POI information corresponding to the POI may be performed based on an attribute district of the POI. A plurality of sets of POI information thus obtained may be compressed to a single set of POI information so that the total information stored in the handheld device may be reduced.
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24 Claims
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1. A data structure of information about a point of interest (POI) (POI information), comprising:
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a location information block comprising a plurality sets of POI information each comprising a plurality sets of location name; and
an attribute information block comprising a plurality sets of district-categorized POI information and a plurality sets of location character categorized POI information and a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for use of POI information of a plurality of POIs in a handheld device having a display, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a plurality of categories each based on a specific attribute of the POIs;
receiving at least an instruction each for selecting a category;
determining a set of POI information mating with an assigned POI information by a user under the selected categories based on the at least the instruction and the selected categories and displaying the set of POI information on the display of the handheld device;
selecting an instruction for verifying the set POI information; and
displaying the set of POI information as verified on the display. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for application of a plurality sets of POI information of a plurality of POIs, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a selection for each of the plurality sets of POI information for each of the plurality of POIs;
receiving information of a point of departure for each of the plurality of POIs; and
arranging a visit period in time and a time spent on routes among locations associated with the plurality of POI, respectively, based on a set of location information, a travel time, the set of departure information and a map of a corresponding one of the plurality of POIs for each of the plurality of POIs, respectively, so as to form a travel plan. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A user interface of information about a plurality of points of interest (POIs) (a plurality sets of POI information) each categorized based on a specific attribute of the POI into a plurality sets of categorized information, comprising:
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a plurality of category blocks each coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality sets of categorized information and each providing a plurality sets of POI information mating with the category; and
a map displaying block providing a plurality of electronic maps each for a corresponding one of the plurality of the POIs. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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