Time conditioned digital map and information display
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1. A method for composing the display of a digital map, comprising:
- establishment of a time condition,association of said time condition with a digital map display or at least one instance of composing said display,reference to time-related information pertaining to at least one mappable item, said time-related information relating at least one state or property of said mappable item to at least one time point or time period within a time domain;
identification of at least one indicated state or property of said mappable item as corresponding to said time condition, said identification by means of evaluation of said time-related information relative said time condition;
depiction of said mappable item on said map display in a manner dependent at least in part upon said indicated state or property.
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A time-conditioned digital map and information display method and apparatus includes establishment of a time condition applicable to composing the display, reference to time-related information associated with displayable items, identification of indicated state(s) or propertie(s) of said displayable items by means of evaluation of the time-related information relative the time condition, and depiction of said items in a manner that is determined at least in part by said indicated state(s) or propertie(s).
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20 Claims
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1. A method for composing the display of a digital map, comprising:
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establishment of a time condition, association of said time condition with a digital map display or at least one instance of composing said display, reference to time-related information pertaining to at least one mappable item, said time-related information relating at least one state or property of said mappable item to at least one time point or time period within a time domain; identification of at least one indicated state or property of said mappable item as corresponding to said time condition, said identification by means of evaluation of said time-related information relative said time condition; depiction of said mappable item on said map display in a manner dependent at least in part upon said indicated state or property. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A digital map display apparatus comprising:
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a digital map display means; storage means for a time condition, said time condition being thereby associated with said map display or at least one instance of composing the map display; a database representing at least one item mappable on said display; time-related information contained in said database, said time-related information relating at least one state or property of at least one mappable item to at least one time point or time period within a time domain; identifying means for identifying at least one indicated state or property of at least one mappable item as corresponding to said time condition, by means of evaluation of said time-related information relative said time condition; depicting means for representing said mappable item on said map display, so as to represent said item in a manner of depiction dependent at least in part upon said indicated state or property. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for representation of items on a computer display, comprising:
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establishment of a time condition consisting of a start time point and an end time point, association of said time condition with said computer display or at least one instance of composing said computer display, reference to time-related information pertaining to at least one displayable item, said time-related information relating at least one state or property of said displayable item to at least one time point or time period within a time domain, derivation of derived information derived from the relationship between said time-related information and said time condition, said derived information including one or both of (a) the amount of time between any time point comprising the time condition and the time of the next scheduled change of state or property, and (b) the amount of time between any time point comprising the time condition and the time of the previous scheduled change of state or property, depiction of said displayable item on said computer display in a manner expressive of at least said derived information. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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