METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

• US 20150134235A1
• Filed: 01/20/2015
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: WANG, Jun, SHAN, Yi, CHEN, Pinlin, ZHUO, Dacheng, WU, Liang, LI, Ling
• Granted Patent: US 9,638,528 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/409
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for displaying a geographic location. The method comprises providing a terminal device to a user, wherein the terminal device includes a processor and a screen. Through a processor of the terminal device, the method comprises receiving a positioning instruction from the user; acquiring a first location based on the positioning instruction; acquiring information of at least one point of interest (POI) associated with the first location; displaying the first location on a map displayed in a first display area on the screen; and displaying a first POI list in a second display area on the screen, wherein the first POI list includes at least one entry being displayed in a first order, each entry includes the information of a POI in the at least one POI.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a geographic location, comprising:

providing a terminal device to a user, the terminal device including a processor and a screen;

receiving, by the processor, a positioning instruction from the user;

acquiring, by the processor, a first location based on the positioning instruction;

acquiring, by the processor, information of at least one point of interest (POI) associated with the first location;

displaying, by the processor, the first location on a map displayed in a first display area on the screen; and

displaying, by the processor, a first POI list in a second display area on the screen, wherein the first POI list includes at least one entry being displayed in a first order, each entry includes the information of a POI (POI information) in the at least one POI.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

when receiving a selection operation on an entry in the first POI list, acquiring, by the processor, a second location corresponding to the selected entry;

displaying the second location on the map displayed in the first display area; and

displaying the first POI list in a second order in the second display area.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein in the first order the at least one entry is listed based on a distance of the corresponding POI to the first location;

and

in the second order the selected entry is the first entry in the first POI list and the remaining entry of the at least one entry is listed based on the distance of the corresponding POI to the first location.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising at least one of:

when receiving a bookmarking operation on the second location, bookmarking, by the processor, the POI information of the second location;

displaying the POI information of the second location in a favorites list after the bookmarking of the POI information of the second location;

when receiving a sending operation on the second location, sending, by the processor, the POI information of the second location to a receiver specified by the sending operation, wherein the POI information of the second location is configured to generate an interactive object mapped to the second location on the receiver;

when receiving an editing operation on the second location, editing, by the processor, the POI information of the second location, wherein the editing operation includes at least one of a remark adding operation and a renaming operation;

when receiving a release operation on the second location, releasing, by the processor, the POI information of the second location to at least one of a website and an application configured to run on the terminal; and

when receiving a sharing operation on the second location,

storing, by the processor, the POI information of the second location in at least one of a local storage area and a server, and

allowing a receiver specified by the sharing operation to check and modify the POI information of the second location.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring of the first location comprises at least one of:

acquiring a current location of the terminal as the first location; and

when receiving a dragging operation on the map displayed in the first display area, updating a map according to a movement track of the dragging operation, and using a central location of the map displayed at the end of the dragging operation as the first location.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the POI information associated with the first location comprises at least one of:

POI information with a distance to the first location less than a preset threshold; and

POI information having same keyword information as the first location,

wherein the POI information having the same keyword information as the first location comprises at least one of;

POI information having same street information as the first location;

POI information having same community information as the first location; and

POI information having a same place name as the first location.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by the processor on the screen, a search input box and a search option configured to allow the user to input a keyword in the search input box and send a search instruction to the processor by selecting the search option;

when receiving the search instruction, searching, by the processor, for POI information associated with the keyword;

displaying, by the processor, the current location on the map in the first display area; and

displaying a second POI list in the second display area, wherein the second POI list includes the POI information associated with the current location.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

when receiving a selection operation on a POI information in the second POI list, acquiring, by the processor, a third location according to the selected POI information on the second POI list;

displaying, by the processor, the third location on the map; and

displaying, by the processor, a third POI list in the second display area, wherein the third POI list comprises POI information associated with the third location.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

when receiving a piece of POI information sent from another terminal device, displaying, by the processor, an interaction object comprising the received POI information, wherein the interaction object comprises at least one of address information and a POI title in the received POI information; and

when receiving a check operation on the interaction object, displaying, by the processor on the map, the received POI information at a location corresponding to the received POI information.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

when displaying the received POI information and when a distance between a current location of the terminal and the location corresponding to the received POI information is less than a preset threshold, displaying the current location of the terminal on the map.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions for displaying a geographic location on a screen; and

a processor in communication with the storage medium, configured to execute the set of instructions to;

receive a positioning instruction from the user;

acquire a first location based on the positioning instruction;

acquire information of at least one point of interest (POI) associated with the first location;

display the first location on a map displayed in a first display area on the screen; and

display a first POI list in a second display area on the screen, wherein the first POI list includes at least one entry being displayed in a first order, each entry includes the information of a POI (POI information) in the at least one POI.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to:

when receiving a selection operation on an entry in the first POI list, acquire a second location corresponding to the selected entry;

display the second location on the map displayed in the first display area; and

display the first POI list in a second order in the second display area.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein in the first order the at least one entry is listed based on a distance of the corresponding POI to the first location;

and

in the second order the selected entry is the first entry in the first POI list and the remaining entry of the at least one entry is listed based on the distance of the corresponding POI to the first location.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to conduct at least one of:

when receiving a bookmarking operation on the second location, bookmarking the POI information of the second location;

displaying the POI information of the second location in a favorites list after the bookmarking of the POI information of the second location;

when receiving a sending operation on the second location, sending the POI information of the second location to a receiver specified by the sending operation, wherein the POI information of the second location is configured to generate an interactive object mapped to the second location on the receiver;

when receiving an editing operation on the second location, editing the POI information of the second location, wherein the editing operation includes at least one of a remark adding operation and a renaming operation;

when receiving a release operation on the second location, releasing the POI information of the second location to at least one of a website and an application configured to run on the terminal; and

when receiving a sharing operation on the second location,

storing the POI information of the second location in at least one of a local storage area and a server, and

allowing a receiver specified by the sharing operation to check and modify the POI information of the second location.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein to acquire the first location the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to conduct at least one of:

acquiring a current location of the terminal as the first location; and

when receiving a dragging operation on the map displayed in the first display area, updating a map according to a movement track of the dragging operation, and using a central location of the map displayed at the end of the dragging operation as the first location.

16. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the POI information associated with the first location comprises at least one of:

POI information with a distance to the first location less than a preset threshold; and

POI information having same keyword information as the first location,

wherein the POI information having the same keyword information as the first location comprises at least one of;

POI information having same street information as the first location;

POI information having same community information as the first location; and

POI information having a same place name as the first location.

17. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to:

display on the screen a search input box and a search option configured to allow the user to input a keyword in the search input box and send a search instruction to the processor by selecting the search option;

when receiving the search instruction, search for POI information associated with the keyword;

display the current location on the map in the first display area;

display a second POI list in the second display area, wherein the second POI list includes the POI information associated with the current location.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to:

when receiving a selection operation on a POI information in the second POI list, acquire a third location according to the selected POI information on the second POI list;

display the third location on the map; and

display a third POI list in the second display area, wherein the third POI list comprises POI information associated with the third location.

19. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to conduct at least one of:

when receiving a piece of POI information sent from another terminal device, displaying an interaction object comprising the received POI information, wherein the interaction object comprises at least one of address information and a POI title in the received POI information; and

when receiving a check operation on the interaction object, displaying on the map the received POI information at a location corresponding to the received POI information.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to:

when displaying the received POI information and when a distance between a current location of the terminal and the location corresponding to the received POI information is less than a preset threshold, display the current location of the terminal on the map.