Map Display System and Method

• US 20090177375A1
• Filed: 03/18/2009
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Location Based Services, LLC (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,860,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3626 Details of the output of route guidance instructions traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/00 Measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles, persons, animals or other moving solid bodies, e.g. using odometers, using pedometers

Abstract

Provided is a computer system and methods related to a map display. A method includes but is not limited to receiving a request for the map, the map illustrating one or more locations; determining a status associated with at least one of the one or more locations on the map, the status being a function of one or more location interaction rules associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map; and generating a signal related to indicating on the map the status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations.

Claims

1. A method for a display device to receive a map through a predefined area, the method comprising:

transmitting a request for the map including one or more locations, the request including an identifier associated with a user of the display device;

receiving the map including one or more locations, at least one location of the one or more locations associated with one or more location interaction rules verifiable via one or more monitoring devices; and

interacting with the one or more monitoring devices to alter the map on the display device as a function of the one or more location interaction rules.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the receiving a status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map includes:

receiving data related to illustrating location detail for the at least one of the one or more locations, the location detail shown being a function of the status.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the receiving a status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map includes:

periodically updating the status in accordance with the location interaction rule associated with the at least one of the one or more locations.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving the map including one or more locations, at least one location of the one or more locations associated with one or more location interaction rules verifiable via one or more monitoring devices includes:

connecting with a server; and

receiving the map altered in accordance with the one or more location interaction rules, the map altered via obfuscation and/or activation of metadata for the one or more icons.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting a request for the map including one or more locations, the request including an identifier associated with a user of the display device includes:

wirelessly transmitting the request to a server over a wireless network.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the wirelessly transmitting the request to a server over a wireless network includes:

transmitting via at least one of a wireless LAN (WLAN), an IEEE 802 type wireless network, a Bluetooth type wireless network, and/or a satellite network.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving an indication shown on the map display related to whether one or more user interaction rules associated with the identifier.

9. A computer program product comprising:

a signal bearing medium bearing

one or more instructions for transmitting a request for the map including one or more locations, the request including an identifier associated with a user of the display device;

one or more instructions for receiving the map including one or more locations, at least one location of the one or more locations associated with one or more location interaction rules verifiable via one or more monitoring devices; and

one or more instructions for interacting with the one or more monitoring devices to alter the map on the display device as a function of the one or more location interaction rules.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the signal bearing medium comprises:

a recordable medium.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the signal bearing medium comprises:

a transmission medium.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the one or more instructions for receiving the map including one or more locations, at least one location of the one or more locations associated with one or more location interaction rules verifiable via one or more monitoring devices includes:

one or more instructions for receiving one or more icons representing one or more locations on the map, the one or more location interaction rules determining one or more of an obfuscation of the one or more icons and/or an activation of metadata associated with the one or more locations on the map.

13. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the one or more instructions for receiving the map including one or more locations, at least one location of the one or more locations associated with one or more location interaction rules verifiable via one or more monitoring devices includes:

one or more instructions for connecting with a server; and

one or more instructions for receiving the map altered in accordance with the one or more location interaction rules, the map altered via obfuscation and/or activation of metadata for the one or more icons.

14. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the one or more instructions for transmitting a request for the map including one or more locations, the request including an identifier associated with a user of the display device includes:

one or more instructions for wirelessly transmitting the request to a server over a wireless network.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the one or more instructions for wirelessly transmitting the request to a server over a wireless network includes:

one or more instructions for transmitting via at least one of a wireless LAN (WLAN), an IEEE 802 type wireless network, a Bluetooth type wireless network, and/or a satellite network.

16. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the one or more instructions for receiving the map including one or more locations, at least one location of the one or more locations associated with one or more location interaction rules verifiable via one or more monitoring devices includes:

one or more instructions for receiving an indication shown on the map related to whether one or more user interaction rules associated with the identifier affect the map.

17. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a receiver coupled to the processor; and

a map display module coupled to the receiver and the memory, the map display module including

a data store configurable to hold data related to one or more interaction rules associated with one or more locations in a predefined area and one or more identifiers; and

a status module configurable to determine a status associated with at least one of the one or more locations on the map, the status being a function of one or more location interaction rules associated with the at least one of the locations.

18. The computer system of claim 17 wherein the status module is configurable to match an identifier associated with a received request for a map with a data store entry in the data store, the data store entry providing the one or more location interaction rules for the at least one of the one or more locations on the map.

19. The computer system of claim 17 wherein the status module is configurable to correlate the one or more location interaction rules for the at least one of the locations on the map with data received by one or more monitoring devices associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map.

20. The computer system of claim 17 further comprising:

a location order determination module coupled to the data store, the location order determination module configurable to determine an order in which locations in the predefined area should be traversed by a user based on the one or more identifiers.

21. The computer system of claim 17 further comprising:

a transmitter coupled to the processor, the transmitter configurable to transmit the map display to a display device, the display device configurable to transmit a request for the map display.

22. The computer system of claim 17 wherein the map display module includes logic for generating a signal related to highlighting the at least one location on the map, the highlighting indicative of one or more locations the user is to next visit on the map