POPULARITY BASED GEOGRAPHICAL NAVIGATION
First Claim
1. A system that enhances map navigation, comprising:
- a popularity data assessment component that receives popularity map data corresponding, at least in part, to a visualized map region and derives a subset of the popularity map data based on, at least in part, a map navigation input and the visualized map region; and
a popularity biasing component that employs the popularity map data subset to bias the map navigation input.
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Abstract
Typically, users click or otherwise show interest in a particular geographic region on a map to indicate their desire to center and/or zoom in on that location. However, it is more likely that a user has a higher interest in popular points of interest in a region than with a point of selection on a map. By employing popularity map data, the map navigation can be biased towards popular points of interest relative to a user'"'"'s selection. This allows users to more effectively navigate through maps, rather than through trial and error selections based solely on geography. Some instances utilize weighting of popularity points to determine an offset distance from a user'"'"'s selection. Other instances can employ a most popular point nearest a user'"'"'s selection as a bias point. Included popularity points for biasing can be determined based on a percentage of a visualized map image presented to a user.
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20 Claims
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1. A system that enhances map navigation, comprising:
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a popularity data assessment component that receives popularity map data corresponding, at least in part, to a visualized map region and derives a subset of the popularity map data based on, at least in part, a map navigation input and the visualized map region; and a popularity biasing component that employs the popularity map data subset to bias the map navigation input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 20)
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10. A method for assisting digital map navigation, comprising:
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obtaining popular points for a map region viewed by a user; selecting a subset of the popular points within a threshold; determining a popular point center based on the subset; and deriving a new center point for the map region based on a distance towards the popular center point. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
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17. A system that augments map navigation, comprising:
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means for receiving popularity map data corresponding, at least in part, to a visualized map region; means for deriving a subset of the popularity map data based on, at least in part, a user'"'"'s geographical map selection point and the visualized map region; and means for utilizing the popularity map data subset to bias the user'"'"'s geographical map selection point.
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