Mehtod for automatically associating multimedia features with map views displayed by a computer-implemented atlas program
First Claim
1. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display device and a user input device, a method for associating multimedia features with map views, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a map view selection command from the user input device indicating a selected map view;
in response to the map view selection command,displaying the selected map view on the display device;
assigning a place context to the map view, the place context having an associated multimedia feature, anddisplaying on the display device a multimedia feature control item associated with the multimedia feature;
receiving a multimedia feature selection command associated with the multimedia feature control item; and
in response to the multimedia feature selection command, performing the selected multimedia feature.
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Abstract
A method for automatically assigning multimedia features to map views selected "on the fly" in a computer-based multimedia atlas program. The atlas program allows a user to pan and zoom over the globe so that the map views selected by the user are not necessarily the best-view map of any particular map entity. The multimedia atlas program assigns a "place context" to a selected map view, which identifies and serves as the title of the map. The place context is a particular map entity that has an associated set of multimedia features, such as videos, music, pictures, etc. Control items associated with the multimedia features for the place context are then displayed for selection by the user. A "parent context," which identifies a larger map that the selected map view is a part of, is also assigned to the selected map view. The user may select a parent context control item to cause the control items for selecting the multimedia features for the parent context to be displayed for selection by the user. Selecting the parent context control item may also change the map view to a best-view map of the parent entity.
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25 Claims
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1. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display device and a user input device, a method for associating multimedia features with map views, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a map view selection command from the user input device indicating a selected map view; in response to the map view selection command, displaying the selected map view on the display device; assigning a place context to the map view, the place context having an associated multimedia feature, and displaying on the display device a multimedia feature control item associated with the multimedia feature; receiving a multimedia feature selection command associated with the multimedia feature control item; and in response to the multimedia feature selection command, performing the selected multimedia feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of:
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receiving a pan or zoom command from the user input device; in response to the pan or zoom command, displaying on a display device a panning or zooming sequence of map views; receiving a stop command from the user input device defining a map view selection command indicating a selected map view; in response to the map view selection command, displaying the selected map view on the display device, assigning a place context to the map view, the place context having an associated multimedia feature, and displaying on the display device a multimedia feature control item associated with the multimedia feature; receiving a multimedia feature selection command associated with the multimedia feature control item; and in response to the multimedia feature selection command, performing the selected multimedia feature. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of:
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receiving a map view selection command from the user input device indicating a selected map view having an associated place context; displaying the selected map view on the display device; assigning a parent context to the map view, the parent context having an associated multimedia feature; receiving from the user input device a parent context selection command associated with the parent context control item; in response to the parent context selection command, displaying on the display device a control item associated with the parent context multimedia feature; receiving from the user input device a parent context multimedia feature selection command associated with the parent context multimedia feature control item; and in response to the parent context multimedia feature selection command, performing the selected multimedia feature. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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