METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING DATA REGARDING A DEVICE'S TRAVERSAL THROUGH A REGION

• US 20150346971A1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Sabatelli, Alessandro F.
• Granted Patent: US 10,025,472 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/08 Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/103 Detection of image changes, e.g. determination of an index representative of the image change
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/22 Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/00 Specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/37 Details of the operation on graphic patterns G09G5/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a device that employs novel processes for displaying data regarding its movement in a region. For instance, in some embodiments, the device captures and stores location data at a plurality of locations traversed along the route. Upon receiving a request to view the traversed locations along the route, the device displays a representation of at least a subset of locations along the route based on the stored location data. Upon receiving an identification of a particular location in the displayed representation of the subset of locations, the device displays information regarding the particular location.

Claims

1. A method of representing a device'"'"'s traversal along a route, the method comprising:

capturing and storing location data at a plurality of locations traversed along the route;

upon receiving a request to view the traversed locations along the route, displaying a representation of at least a subset of locations along the route based on the stored location data; and

upon receiving an identification of a particular location in the displayed representation of the subset of locations, displaying information regarding the particular location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the representation comprises displaying region indicators that identify regions along the route that include more than a threshold amount of captured location data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein more than a threshold amount of location data are captured in each of said regions because the device was in the region for a time period that is larger than a threshold time period.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the device comprises at least one location identifying module, wherein capturing the location data comprises obtaining location samples from the location identifying module.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising providing a banner for each region to present information about the region.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the information comprise at least a time period during which the device was in the region.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the information comprise at least geographic information about the region.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein each banner comprises a control for initiating a navigation back to the region associated with the banner.

9. The method of claim 2 further comprising providing at least one selectable control for navigating back to one of the regions.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein upon selection of the control a set of navigation guide-direction indicators is displayed to assist with the navigation.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying a subset of the traversed locations by using one or more of location services of the device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the location services comprise at least one of a global positioning system (GPS) service, a WiFi location service, and a cellular location service.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising deriving a subset of the traversed locations based on computations that use data from one or more motion sensors of the device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the motion sensors comprise at least an accelerometer of the device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the subset of traversed locations is derived by the computations to improve the device'"'"'s power consumption.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the representation of the subset of locations along the routes is displayed over one of a plurality of different backdrops.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the plurality of backdrops comprises at least one of a single-color backdrop, a roadway map of a region traversed by the device, and a topological map of a region traversed by the device.

18. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for tracking data as a device travels within a physical space, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

obtaining and storing data captured by the device at a plurality of locations traversed by the device; and

upon receiving a request to view data for a particular location traversed by the device, displaying at least a subset of data captured by the device at the particular location.

19. The machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein the captured data comprise images captured by the device.

20. The machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein the captured data comprise communications sent or received by the device.

21. The machine readable medium of claim 20, wherein the communications comprise at least one of an electronic mail, a text message, a voicemail, and a phone call.

22. The machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for identifying captured data for each location traversed by the device based on a time value corresponding to a period of time the device stayed at the location.

23. The machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein the program comprises a set of instructions for identifying captured data for each location traversed by the device based on a location data value corresponding to the location at which the data captured.

24. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program that captures data regarding a device'"'"'s traversal along a route, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

capturing and storing location data at a plurality of locations traversed along the route;

upon receiving a request to view the traversed locations along the route, displaying a representation of at least a subset of locations along the route based on the stored location data; and

upon receiving an identification of a particular location in the displayed representation of the subset of locations, displaying information regarding the particular location.

25. The machine readable medium of claim 24, wherein the set of instructions for displaying the representation comprises a set of instructions for displaying region indicators that identify regions along the route that include more than a threshold amount of captured location data.

26. The machine readable medium of claim 24, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for providing a banner for each region to present information about the region.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the information comprises:

a time period during which the device was in the region, and geographic information about the region.

28. The machine readable medium of claim 26, wherein each banner comprises a control for initiating a navigation back to the region associated with the banner.