Method and system for providing virtual tour of a shopping mall via electronic maps
First Claim
1. A method for providing a virtual tour of a shopping mall via an interactive map, the method comprising:
- maintaining at least one database;
displaying on a display device a first portion of the interactive map generated from a logic process based on the database, wherein the first portion of the interactive map represents a first part of the shopping mall and includes different routes available in the shopping mall, each of the routes includes one or more nodes, one or more branches, and one or more of hotspots, each of the hotspots represents an event in the shopping mall;
displaying a sequence of images of a selected route to demonstrate what stores a user would see when going along the selected route in the shopping mall, wherein the image sequence being shown is synchronized with the interactive map in a manner that a jump from one image to another image in the image sequence leads to a corresponding leap motion in the interactive map being displayed;
accessing auxiliary data associated with the event when the user selects a hotspot along the selected route, wherein the auxiliary data is not part of the interactive map being displayed but is obtained from an external source; and
displaying from the auxiliary data an visual effect about the event so that the user understands more about the event.
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Abstract
Techniques for navigating a real world via interactive maps are disclosed. According one aspect, at least one or more databases are maintained in one or more servers. A computing device is caused to display a first portion of the interactive map generated from a logic process based on a first database, wherein the first portion of the interactive map represents a first part of a real world (e.g., a shopping mall) and includes one or more nodes, one or more branches, and one or more of hotspots in the real world, each of the hotspots represents a point of interest that is selectable to show details about the point of interest. Auxiliary data associated with the each of the hotspots is accessed when the user selects one of the hotspots, and subsequently displayed to show a visual effect about the hotspot so that the user understands more about the hotspot.
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1. A method for providing a virtual tour of a shopping mall via an interactive map, the method comprising:
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maintaining at least one database; displaying on a display device a first portion of the interactive map generated from a logic process based on the database, wherein the first portion of the interactive map represents a first part of the shopping mall and includes different routes available in the shopping mall, each of the routes includes one or more nodes, one or more branches, and one or more of hotspots, each of the hotspots represents an event in the shopping mall; displaying a sequence of images of a selected route to demonstrate what stores a user would see when going along the selected route in the shopping mall, wherein the image sequence being shown is synchronized with the interactive map in a manner that a jump from one image to another image in the image sequence leads to a corresponding leap motion in the interactive map being displayed; accessing auxiliary data associated with the event when the user selects a hotspot along the selected route, wherein the auxiliary data is not part of the interactive map being displayed but is obtained from an external source; and displaying from the auxiliary data an visual effect about the event so that the user understands more about the event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A server for providing a virtual tour of a shopping mall via an interactive map, the server comprising:
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a processor; a memory space, coupled to the processor, for storing at least a database to be accessed and code to be executed by the processor to cause the server to perform operations of; causing a display device to display a portion of the interactive map generated from a logic process based on the database, wherein the portion of the interactive map represents a part of the shopping mall and includes one or more nodes, one or more branches, and one or more of hotspots, each of the hotspots represents a point of interest with details about the point of interest; causing the display device to display a sequence of images of a selected route to demonstrate how a user would see when going along the selected route in the shopping mall; accessing auxiliary data associated with the hotspot when the user selects the hotspot, wherein the auxiliary data is not part of the interactive map being displayed but is obtained from an external source; and displaying from the auxiliary data an visual effect about the each of the hotspots so that the user understands more about the hotspot. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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