Intelligent Pop-Up Window Method and Apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of displaying information associated with a point of interest to a user, the point of interest located on a map of an area and having an associated class, a portion of the map being displayed on a graphic user interface to the user, the method including the steps of:
- displaying the point of interest on the map; and
in response to a selection of the point of interest by the user, displaying a pop-up window to the user, the pop up window including elements populated according to a class of the 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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20 Claims
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1. A method of displaying information associated with a point of interest to a user, the point of interest located on a map of an area and having an associated class, a portion of the map being displayed on a graphic user interface to the user, the method including the steps of:
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displaying the point of interest on the map; and in response to a selection of the point of interest by the user, displaying a pop-up window to the user, the pop up window including elements populated according to a class of the point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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11. A system for providing information associated with a point of interest to a user, the system comprising:
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a map web page comprising an indicator associated with a point of interest, the map web page being stored on a computer readable medium and provided to a user using a browser; means for constructing a pop-up window object associated with the point of interest, wherein elements of the pop up window are selected in response to a particular class of the point of interest; and means for displaying the pop-up window object to the user to provide information regarding the point of interest to the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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