Map tile data pre-fetching based on user activity analysis
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for pre-fetching mapping data to a mobile computing device based on user activity, the method comprising:
- receiving user activity data at a remote mapping system from the mobile computing device via a network connection, the user activity data generated or received by an application in communication with the mobile computing device and indicating a geographic location;
extracting geographic location data from the user activity data;
matching mapping data to the geographic location data extracted from the user activity data; and
sending the matched mapping data to the mobile computing device;
wherein the mobile computing device is configured to store the matched mapping data in a cache storage of the mobile computing device, and to subsequently retrieve the matched mapping data from the cache storage for display at the mobile computing device without further communication between the remote mapping system and the mobile device.
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Abstract
Map tile data for displaying graphic elements of a web-based mapping system in a smart phone or other mobile computing device may be pre-fetched to the device based on device activities. For example, a user activity system may receive user activity data from the mobile device. The user activity system may then extract geographic location data from the user activity data and send the geographic location data to a mapping system via a network connection. The mapping system may then match map tile data to the geographic location data extracted from the user activity data and send the matched map tile data to the mobile computing device for cache storage at the mobile computing device. The user activity system may also analyze the user activity data to determine whether the extracted geographic location data is relevant enough to warrant pre-fetching the tile data.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for pre-fetching mapping data to a mobile computing device based on user activity, the method comprising:
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receiving user activity data at a remote mapping system from the mobile computing device via a network connection, the user activity data generated or received by an application in communication with the mobile computing device and indicating a geographic location; extracting geographic location data from the user activity data; matching mapping data to the geographic location data extracted from the user activity data; and sending the matched mapping data to the mobile computing device; wherein the mobile computing device is configured to store the matched mapping data in a cache storage of the mobile computing device, and to subsequently retrieve the matched mapping data from the cache storage for display at the mobile computing device without further communication between the remote mapping system and the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system for pre-fetching mapping data to a mobile computing device based on user activity with an application, the system comprising:
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a user activity system including a memory and a processor in communication with a mobile computing device, the user activity system memory including instructions for execution on the user activity system processor to receive user activity data from the application via a network connection and to extract geographic location data from the user activity data; and a mapping system including a memory storing instructions for execution on a mapping system processor to receive the geographic location data from the user activity system via the network connection, to match mapping data to the geographic location data extracted from the user activity data, and to send, to the mobile computing device, the mapping data that was matched to the geographic location data extracted from the user activity data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for pre-fetching mapping data to a mobile computing device based on user activity with an application, the method comprising:
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sending user activity data to a remote mapping system via a network connection, the user activity data generated or received by an application and indicating a geographic location; receiving mapping data from a remote mapping system, the map tile data corresponding to the geographic location from the user activity data; storing the received mapping data in a cache storage of the mobile computing device; and subsequently retrieving the received mapping data from the cache storage for display at the mobile computing device without receiving further communication from the mapping system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer system for pre-fetching mapping data to a mobile computing device based on user activity, the system comprising:
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a mobile computing device with a memory and a processor; a user activity module at the mobile computing device in communication with the memory storing instructions for execution on the processor of the mobile computing device, the instructions to receive user activity data from an application executing on the mobile computing device, and to send the user activity data to a remote mapping system via a network connection, the user activity data indicating a geographic location; and a mapping module at the mobile computing device in communication with the memory storing instructions for execution on the processor of the mobile computing device, the instructions to receive mapping data from the remote mapping system, the mapping data corresponding to the geographic location data, to store the received mapping data in cache storage at the mobile computing device, and to subsequently retrieve the matched mapping data from the cache storage for display at the mobile computing device without receiving further data that originates externally from the mobile computing device. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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