METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING AND AUTOMATIC DYNAMIC RE-DISPLAYING OF POINTS OF INTEREST WITH GRAPHIC IMAGE
First Claim
1. An application for displaying maps to users, the application including:
- a server-hosted set of executable instructions;
a webpage provided by the server-hosted executable instructions, upon a user request via a user terminal, to the user terminal, the webpage including;
a set of map records map, the map records being displayable in the webpage to the user on the user terminal;
a set of points, the points corresponding to locations represented on the map records;
wherein,a subset of the map records is displayable on the user terminal, a subset of the points is displayable on the user terminal and on the displayed map records, and alteration of the displayed subset of map records by user action results in a second subset of points to be displayed on the user terminal and on the displayed map records.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for displaying maps and points such as points corresponding to points of interest on displayed maps are disclosed, the display of the points being dynamically and automatically altered in response to alterations in the displayed maps. The systems and methods include providing a map view and points therefor in response to a user request, as well as supplying preloaded map records for map views and points records so that the records and points are ready for display in the event the user selects actions to change the displayed view, such as by panning or zooming. For instance, the systems and methods may include AJAX techniques to download a library of points, as well as map records, a subset of which is initially displayed and a second subset is displayed in response to the user actions.
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1. An application for displaying maps to users, the application including:
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a server-hosted set of executable instructions; a webpage provided by the server-hosted executable instructions, upon a user request via a user terminal, to the user terminal, the webpage including; a set of map records map, the map records being displayable in the webpage to the user on the user terminal; a set of points, the points corresponding to locations represented on the map records;
wherein,a subset of the map records is displayable on the user terminal, a subset of the points is displayable on the user terminal and on the displayed map records, and alteration of the displayed subset of map records by user action results in a second subset of points to be displayed on the user terminal and on the displayed map records. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for displaying map views to a user comprising the steps of:
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providing a user interface on a computer terminal; loading a webpage to the computer terminal in response to a user request from a server; loading a set of map records to the computer terminal in response to the user request; loading a set of points to the computer terminal in response to the user request; displaying a map view on the webpage from the loaded map records; overlaying a set of points from the loaded points onto the displayed map, the set of points including at least one of the loaded points; receiving user action; and in response to the user action, altering the displayed map view and the points overlain on the displayed map. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of displaying on a user terminal an automatically updating map including automatically updating points of interest thereon, the method including the steps of:
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providing a remote application on a host server; requesting a webpage from the remote application; displaying the webpage on the user terminal; inputting a geographic search request to the webpage; communicating the geographic search request to the remote application; receiving, at the user terminal, a set of map records and a set of points of interest corresponding the map records; displaying a map view including at least a portion of the map records on the user terminal, the map view corresponding to the geographic search request; and displaying less than the entirety of the set of points of interest on the user terminal and on the map view. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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