PRESENTING A TRAVEL ROUTE USING MORE THAN ONE PRESENTATION STYLE

• US 20130066553A1
• Filed: 09/15/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nesbitt, David W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,954,274 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/533
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

Techniques are provided for presenting a route in a manner that emphasizes the route and provides context information. For example, a vivid color or vivid colors may be used to display the route, and pastel colors or other desaturated colors may be used for non-route context information. This may result in a map in which the vivid colors of the route stand out over the faded style of the non-route context information to emphasize the route. In this manner, the map may both emphasize the route and provide context information for the route.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request related to rendering of a map;

determining at least one route to be included in the map, a map region;

identifying based on the identified map region, first and second elements that are apart from the route;

accessing a database, the database including each of primary and secondary display attributes for each of the first and second elements; and

enabling, based on information accessed from within the database, a map to be rendered and including part or all of the determined route and map region, the map including each of the first element and the second element with the primary display attribute being rendered for the first element and the secondary display attribute being rendered for the second element.

2-21. -21. (canceled)