Interactive Area Guide Method, System and Apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for displaying to a user a point of interest on a map of an area, wherein a displayed portion of the map is displayed to the user via a graphical user interface, wherein the method includes the steps of:
- providing a list of points of interest to a user;
receiving a selection of the point of interest from the user; and
displaying a location icon at a location on the displayed portion of the map associated with the selected point of interest.
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Abstract
An interactive map web-based tool is provided which gives the user the ability to customize their use of a map. The present invention includes a customized overlay of point of interest information on an existing map. The information overlay includes icons, drop down lists, information panels, advertising content, pop-up windows and hypertext links which are associated with points of interest, where each point of interest is associated with a class. Drop down lists permit the user to display one or more points of interest by location or class. Visual cues, including color coding, icon shaping and text differentiation for different classes of points of interest allow a user of the map to quickly differentiate area resources. With such an arrangement a traveler can easily select for display only those particular resources that are of interest to the traveler and thereby create a local search experience focused on their specific travel needs.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for displaying to a user a point of interest on a map of an area, wherein a displayed portion of the map is displayed to the user via a graphical user interface, wherein the method includes the steps of:
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providing a list of points of interest to a user;
receiving a selection of the point of interest from the user; and
displaying a location icon at a location on the displayed portion of the map associated with the selected point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A web page server comprising:
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program code stored in a computer readable medium for populating an interactive area guide web page comprising;
an icon control section comprising;
a point of interest list object comprising a plurality of point of interests;
a class of point of interest list object comprising a plurality of classes of point of interests; and
a map, wherein a user customizes placement of point of interest icons on the map by selecting one of a point of interest and a class of points of interest from the associated one of the point of interest list object and class of point of interest list object. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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