Method and apparatus for associating brand icon with POI location for navigation system
First Claim
1. A method for a navigation system for assigning a brand icon to a particular place, comprising the following steps of:
- specifying a particular place for a navigation system for creating a lookup table related to brand icons where a brand icon identifies a particular business located at the particular place;
checking whether the specified particular place is associated with a brand icon;
assigning the brand icon to the particular place when both are associated with one another, the step including a step of displaying a plurality of icon blocks each showing a generic icon or a brand icon so that a user can select one of the icons to be assigned to the particular place;
storing data regarding the association between the particular place and the brand icon, thereby creating the lookup table in the navigation system;
displaying a map image or a menu image on a display screen of the navigation system for selecting a place to visit or selecting a menu item;
displaying the brand icon retrieved from the lookup table on the map or menu image when a location of the particular place comes within a range of the image that can be displayed on the display screen; and
displaying a generic icon for each remaining location on the map or menu image;
wherein the generic icon represents a generic category or type of business rather than a particular business and its location represented by the brand icon, and wherein the brand icon is a graphic representation that uniquely identifies a particular business that is indistinguishable by the generic icon and wherein the lookup table has a franchise/brand ID and an icon field that stores graphic representation associated with the franchise/brand ID.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a navigation system automatically assigns or allows a user to assign a brand icon to a particular location. The navigation system displays the assigned brand icon as well as generic icons on a map image. Thus, the navigation system enables the user to quickly distinguish a particular place such as a point of interest (POI) from other similar type of POIs on a map image. The user can identify a particular chain restaurant from other restaurant by the brand icon unique to the particular chain restaurant on the map image so that the user can easily specify the favorite restaurant as a destination.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for a navigation system for assigning a brand icon to a particular place, comprising the following steps of:
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specifying a particular place for a navigation system for creating a lookup table related to brand icons where a brand icon identifies a particular business located at the particular place; checking whether the specified particular place is associated with a brand icon; assigning the brand icon to the particular place when both are associated with one another, the step including a step of displaying a plurality of icon blocks each showing a generic icon or a brand icon so that a user can select one of the icons to be assigned to the particular place; storing data regarding the association between the particular place and the brand icon, thereby creating the lookup table in the navigation system; displaying a map image or a menu image on a display screen of the navigation system for selecting a place to visit or selecting a menu item; displaying the brand icon retrieved from the lookup table on the map or menu image when a location of the particular place comes within a range of the image that can be displayed on the display screen; and displaying a generic icon for each remaining location on the map or menu image; wherein the generic icon represents a generic category or type of business rather than a particular business and its location represented by the brand icon, and wherein the brand icon is a graphic representation that uniquely identifies a particular business that is indistinguishable by the generic icon and wherein the lookup table has a franchise/brand ID and an icon field that stores graphic representation associated with the franchise/brand ID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for a navigation system for assigning a brand icon to a particular place, comprising:
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a data storage device which stores map data related to determining a preferable route between a start point and a destination, said map data including information on POIs (points of interest) and associated icons; a monitor for displaying information and images related to operations of selecting brand icons or generic icons of the POIs to be displayed and route guidance to the destination; a controller for controlling overall operations of a route search process for assigning an icon to a location of a map image or a menu on the monitor screen and a route guidance process for guiding a user to the destination through the preferable route; wherein the controller controls the following operations of; specifying a particular place for a navigation system for creating a lookup table related to brand icons based on the map data from the data storage device where a brand icon identifies a particular business located at the particular place; checking whether the specified particular place is associated with a brand icon; assigning the brand icon to the particular place on the map image or menu when both are associated with one another; displaying a plurality of icon blocks each showing a generic icon or a brand icon so that a user can select one of the icons to be assigned to the particular place; storing data regarding the association between the particular place and the brand icon in the data storage device or other memory, thereby creating the lookup table in the navigation system; displaying a map image or a menu image on the monitor of the navigation system for selecting a place to visit or selecting a menu item; displaying the brand icon retrieved from the lookup table on the map or menu image on the monitor when a location of the particular place comes within a range of the image that can be displayed on the display screen; and displaying a generic icon for each remaining location on the map or menu image on the monitor; and wherein the generic icon represents a generic category or type of business rather than a particular business and its location represented by the brand icon and wherein the brand icon is a graphic representation that uniquely identifies a particular business that is indistinguishable by the generic icon and wherein the lookup table has a franchise/brand ID and an icon field that stores graphic representation associated with the franchise/brand ID. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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