SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS-STREET IDENTIFICATION
First Claim
1. A method for identifying cross street information, the method comprising:
- receiving location information from a user, the location information identifying a location of interest;
comparing, with a processor, the received location information to information stored in a cross-street database to identify a road segment that corresponds to the location of interest and a first cross street that intersects the road segment; and
providing information identifying the road segment and the first cross street for presentation to the user on a display device.
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention relate to the use of electronic maps and providing information about intersecting streets. A given region of interest on a map may include any number of features. Features of interest, including road segments and intersections, can be filtered to remove non-street data. The results may be analyzed according to individual street segments. Each segment may be identified by a feature ID, and the relationship each segment has with a given intersection is analyzed. Thus, the direction of a segment into or out of an intersection is determined, along with the physical locations of the beginning and end of the segment. This information is used to provide robust map information that may be displayed to a user. Heuristics can be applied to the map information to provide coherent address or direction information to the user for a given point of interest.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for identifying cross street information, the method comprising:
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receiving location information from a user, the location information identifying a location of interest; comparing, with a processor, the received location information to information stored in a cross-street database to identify a road segment that corresponds to the location of interest and a first cross street that intersects the road segment; and providing information identifying the road segment and the first cross street for presentation to the user on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for identifying cross street information, the method comprising:
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receiving location information from a user, the location information identifying a location of interest; comparing, with a processor, the received location information to information stored in a cross-street database to identify a road segment that corresponds to the location of interest, the road segment having first and second endpoints; identifying, from the information stored in the cross-street database, a first cross street that intersects the road segment at the first endpoint and a second cross-street that intersects the road segment at the second endpoint; and providing information identifying the road segment and the first and second cross streets for presentation to the user on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for identifying cross street information, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memory devices storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the instructions causing the one or more processors to; receive location information from a user, the location information identifying a location of interest; compare the received location information to information stored in a cross-street database to identify a road segment that corresponds to the location of interest and a first cross street that intersects the road segment; and provide information identifying the road segment and the first cross street for presentation to the user on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for identifying cross street information, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memory devices storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the instructions causing the one or more processors to; receive location information from a user, the location information identifying a location of interest; compare the received location information to information stored in a cross-street database to identify a road segment that corresponds to the location of interest, the road segment having first and second endpoints; identify, from the information stored in the cross-street database, a first cross street that intersects the road segment at the first endpoint and a second cross-street that intersects the road segment at the second endpoint; and provide information identifying the road segment and the first and second cross streets for presentation to the user on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for identifying cross street information, the method comprising:
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receiving location information from a user, the location information identifying a location of interest; comparing, with a processor, the received location information to information stored in a cross-street database to identify a road segment that corresponds to the location of interest and a first cross street that intersects the road segment; and providing information identifying the road segment and the first cross street for presentation to the user on a display device.
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24. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for identifying cross street information, the method comprising:
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receiving location information from a user, the location information identifying a location of interest; comparing, with a processor, the received location information to information stored in a cross-street database to identify a road segment that corresponds to the location of interest, the road segment having first and second endpoints; identifying, from the information stored in the cross-street database, a first cross street that intersects the road segment at the first endpoint and a second cross-street that intersects the road segment at the second endpoint; and providing information identifying the road segment and the first and second cross streets for presentation to the user on a display device.
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