USING ROUTE NARRATIVE SYMBOLS
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for displaying a route symbol with narrative driving directions. A route symbol for a particular maneuver may be used to represent the road to which the maneuver relates. For example, one type of a route symbol that may be used to represent a road may be an interstate route symbol that has substantially the same appearance (e.g., substantially the same or similar shape, and/or substantially the same coloration) as an interstate route sign used to mark the interstate itself. Another example of a type of a route symbol that represents a road is an highway route symbol that looks substantially the same as a highway route sign used to mark a state highway. A route symbol used for the display of a maneuver also may include route symbols that are related to the type of maneuver, such as the type of a turn, described by the maneuver.
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Citations
91 Claims
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48. A method for displaying driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the method comprising:
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accessing maneuver information for a route from an origin to a destination, wherein the maneuver information comprises text information;
presenting, as a constituent part of the driving directions, a first maneuver along the route involving a particular road;
presenting, as another constituent part of the driving directions, a second maneuver along the route involving the particular road, such that the first and second maneuvers are presented consecutively among the driving directions; and
associating a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign with less than all presented maneuvers being presented along the route and involving the particular road. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A method for displaying driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the method comprising:
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accessing maneuver information for a route from an origin to a destination;
associating a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign and includes a road number with a maneuver of the driving directions that represents a first occurrence of a particular road having the road number in a list of maneuvers for the route; and
repeating the associating until all first occurrences of particular roads are associated with corresponding graphical road-identifying symbols. - View Dependent Claims (68)
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69. A method for displaying driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the method comprising:
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accessing maneuver information for a route from an origin to a destination;
applying priority information to determine a route symbol of several route symbol types to be associated with a maneuver of the driving directions; and
associating the route symbol with the maneuver, wherein;
a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign and includes a road number is associated with a maneuver of the driving directions that represents an occurrence of a particular road having the road number in a list of maneuvers for the route, each maneuver in the list of maneuvers for the route is associated with at most one route symbol, and the graphical road-identifying symbol comprises a route symbol of a country other than the United States.
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70. A computer-readable medium or propagated signal having embodied thereon a computer program configured to display driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the medium or signal comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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access maneuver information for a route from an origin to a destination, wherein the maneuver information comprises text information;
present, as a constituent part of the driving directions, a first maneuver along the route involving a particular road;
present, as another constituent part of the driving directions, a second maneuver along the route involving the particular road, such that the first and second maneuvers are presented consecutively among the driving directions; and
associate a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign with less than all presented maneuvers being presented along the route and involving the particular road. - View Dependent Claims (71)
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72. A computer-readable medium or propagated signal having embodied thereon a computer program configured to display driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the medium or signal comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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access maneuver information for a route from an origin to a destination;
associate a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign and includes a road number with the a first maneuver of the driving directions that represents a first occurrence of a particular road having the road number in a list of maneuvers for the route; and
repeat the associating until all first occurrences of particular roads are associated with corresponding graphical road-identifying symbols. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A computer-readable medium or propagated signal having embodied thereon a computer program configured to display driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the medium or signal comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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access maneuver information for a route from an origin to a destination;
apply priority information to determine a route symbol of several route symbol types to be associated with a maneuver of the driving directions; and
associate the route symbol with the maneuver, wherein;
a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign and includes a road number is associated with a maneuver of the driving directions that represents an occurrence of a particular road having the road number in a list of maneuvers for the route, and each maneuver in the list of maneuvers for the route is associated with at most one route symbol, and the graphical road-identifying symbol comprises a route symbol of a country other than the United States.
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78. A system for displaying driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the system comprising:
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means for accessing maneuver information for a route from an origin to a destination, wherein the maneuver information comprises text information;
means for presenting, as a constituent part of the driving directions, a first maneuver along the route involving a particular road;
means for presenting, as another constitute part of the driving directions, a second maneuver along the route involving the particular road, such that the first and second maneuvers are presented consecutively among the driving directions; and
means for associating a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign with less than all presented a maneuvers being presented along the route and involving the particular road.
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79. A system for displaying driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the system comprising:
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means for accessing maneuver information for a route from an origin to a destination;
means for associating a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign and includes a road number with a maneuver of the driving directions that represents a first occurrence of a particular road having the road number in a list of maneuvers for the route; and
means for repeating the associating until all first occurrences of particular roads are associated with corresponding graphical road-identifying symbols. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A system for displaying driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the system further comprising:
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means for accessing maneuver information for a route from an origin to a destination;
means for applying priority information to determine a route symbol of several route symbol types to be associated with a maneuver of the driving directions; and
means for associating the route symbol with the maneuver, wherein;
a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign and includes a road number is associated with a maneuver of the driving directions that represents an occurrence of a particular road having the road number in a list of maneuvers for the route, each maneuver in the list of maneuvers for the route is associated with at most one route symbol, and the graphical road-identifying symbol comprises a route symbol of a country other than the United States.
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86. A method for displaying driving directions having multiple maneuvers, the method comprising:
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accessing maneuver information that includes driving directions for a route from an origin to a destination;
determining the existence within the maneuver information of multiple consecutive driving directions involving a particular road; and
for a group of multiple consecutive driving directions, presenting at least one instance of a graphical road-identifying symbol that has substantially the same appearance as a road sign, wherein the number of separate instances of the graphical road-identifying symbol presented is fewer than a number of consecutive directions within the group that involves the particular road. - View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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