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Management of pre-fetched mapping data incorporating user-specified locations

  • US 8,180,851 B1
  • Filed: 09/26/2011
  • Issued: 05/15/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for pre-fetching map tile data to a mobile computing device based on user-specified location data, the method comprising:

  • sending a request for mapping system data from a mapping module of a mobile computing device to a remote mapping system via a network connection, wherein the request includes user-specified location data;

    retrieving mapping system data at the remote mapping system, wherein the mapping system data includes a graphic component to graphically represent a geographic location using the mobile computing device and the geographic location corresponds to the user-specified location data;

    sending the retrieved mapping system data from the remote mapping system to the mobile computing device via the network connection;

    receiving the retrieved mapping system data at the mobile computing device via the network connection;

    displaying a selectable option to store the retrieved mapping system data in a cache memory of the mobile computing device; and

    subsequently retrieving the retrieved mapping system data from the cache memory.

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