Symbol expansion capability for map based display
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1. A symbol expansion method comprising:
- selecting, on a computer map display, a map portion containing one or more map display symbols, wherein the one or more map display symbols include map display symbols selected from among one or more de-cluttered map display symbols and two or more cluttered map display symbols; and
presenting, on the computer map display, in response to the selecting, a symbol expansion display having information associated with the one or more map display symbols, wherein the symbol expansion display is displayed concurrently with the one or more map display symbols.
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Abstract
A system for providing information on a computer map display indicates symbol and data components associated with one or more map display symbols. The system provides a symbol expansion display that can be applied to various map display symbols, including normal, cluttered, and de-cluttered.
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33 Claims
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1. A symbol expansion method comprising:
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selecting, on a computer map display, a map portion containing one or more map display symbols, wherein the one or more map display symbols include map display symbols selected from among one or more de-cluttered map display symbols and two or more cluttered map display symbols; and presenting, on the computer map display, in response to the selecting, a symbol expansion display having information associated with the one or more map display symbols, wherein the symbol expansion display is displayed concurrently with the one or more map display symbols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27)
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16. A symbol expansion apparatus comprising:
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a selection device to select, on a computer map display, a map portion containing one or more map display symbols, wherein the one or more map display symbols include map display symbols selected from among one or more de-cluttered map display symbols and two or more cluttered map display symbols; and a presentation processor, which presents, on the computer map display, in response to selecting the map portion, a symbol expansion display having information associated with the one or more map display symbols, wherein the symbol expansion display is displayed concurrently with the one or more map display symbols. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29)
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30. A symbol expansion method comprising:
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selecting a map portion containing one or more map display symbols on a computer map display; and presenting a symbol expansion display having information associated with the one or more map display symbols on the computer map display, wherein the symbol expansion display is displayed concurrently with the one or more map display symbols, wherein the presenting comprises; relating the one or more map display symbols to one or more map symbol records retained in a computer memory, each containing record components; selecting one or more record components from among the one or more map symbol records, wherein the selecting the one or more record components comprises selecting record data of the one or more map symbol records, wherein the selecting the record data comprises filtering the record data of the one or more map symbol records to provide the one or more symbol expansion data corresponding to a selected record data type, wherein the filtering the record data comprises selecting a record data type selected from a group consisting of a dollar asset range record data type, a friendliness range record data type, a personnel size record data type, a security classification record data type, a type of service record data type, and an age of symbol record data type; formatting the one or more selected record components; and presenting at least one of one or more symbol expansion graphics and one or more symbol expansion data associated with the selected record components in the symbol expansion display concurrently with the one or more map display symbols.
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31. A symbol expansion method comprising:
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selecting a map portion containing one or more map display symbols on a computer map display; and presenting a symbol expansion display having information associated with the one or more map display symbols on the computer map display, wherein the symbol expansion display is displayed concurrently with the one or more map display symbols, wherein the presenting comprises; relating the one or more map display symbols to one or more map symbol records retained in a computer memory, each containing record components; selecting one or more record components from among the one or more map symbol records; formatting the one or more selected record components, wherein formatting comprises providing the one or more symbol expansion data, movable by the user on the computer maps display, and associated with the record data components of the one or more map symbol records, wherein the providing the one or more symbol expansion data comprises providing a user selectable language for the list of symbol expansion data; and presenting at least one of one or more symbol expansion graphics and one or more symbol expansion data associated with the selected record components in the symbol expansion display concurrently with the one or more map display symbols.
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32. A symbol expansion method comprising:
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selecting a map portion containing one or more map display symbols on a computer map display; and presenting a symbol expansion display having information associated with the one or more map display symbols on the computer map display, wherein the symbol expansion display is displayed concurrently with the one or more map display symbols, wherein the presenting comprises; relating the one or more map display symbols to one or more map symbol records retained in a computer memory, each containing record components; selecting one or more record components from among the one or more map symbol records; formatting the one or more selected record components, wherein the formatting comprises color coding one or more of the one or more symbol expansion graphics to indicate an attribute of the object represented by one of the one or more map display symbols; and presenting at least one of one or more symbol expansion graphics and one or more symbol expansion data associated with the selected record components in the symbol expansion display concurrently with the one or more map display symbols.
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33. A symbol expansion method comprising:
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selecting a map portion containing one or more map display symbols on a computer map display; and presenting a symbol expansion display having information associated with the one or more map display symbols on the computer map display, wherein the symbol expansion display is displayed concurrently with the one or more map display symbols, wherein the presenting comprises; relating the one or more map display symbols to one or more map symbol records retained in a computer memory, each containing record components; selecting one or more record components from among the one or more map symbol records; formatting the one or more selected record components, wherein the formatting comprises augmenting the symbol expansion display with special identifying characters that indicate when information has been omitted from the symbol expansion display; and presenting at least one of one or more symbol expansion graphics and one or more symbol expansion data associated with the selected record components in the symbol expansion display concurrently with the one or more map display symbols.
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