Systems and methods for presenting point of interest indicators

• US 9,098,929 B1
• Filed: 03/29/2012
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wakim, Peter A.
• Primary Examiner(s): McDowell, Jr., Maurice L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ricks, Donna J
• Application Number:
  US13/434,003
• Time in Patent Office: 1,223 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/00 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2004 Aligning objects, relative positioning of parts
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

One or more points of interest (POI) are presented using point of interest indicators. The indicators are configured to encode information associated with the point of interest in one or more attributes. The indicators may comprise ideograms while the attributes encoding information may include ideogram color, background color, shading, relative size, animation, or a combination thereof. This encoding allows for compact and efficient transfer of information during presentation to a user.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one memory storing computer-executable code;

at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable code to;

receive a request for presentation of a map comprising a first point of interest at a particular location;

access data associated with the first point of interest;

generate instructions to present a first graphical point of interest indicator corresponding to the first point of interest, the first graphical point of interest indicator comprising a first ideogram having a first size, wherein the first ideogram comprises attributes configured to graphically encode status information associated with the first point of interest based at least in part on the accessed data;

generate instructions to present a second point of interest indicator corresponding to a second point of interest, the second point of interest indicator comprising a second ideogram, wherein the computer-executable code to generate the instructions to present the second point of interest indicator further configures the at least one processor to;

determine a second size of the second ideogram with respect to the first size of the first ideogram based at least in part on a comparison of information associated with the second point of interest to information associated with the first point of interest.

2. The system of claim 1, the attributes comprising one or more of an ideogram color, a background color, a relative size, animation, or a location in visual three-dimensional presentation space.

3. The system of claim 1, the attributes configured to graphically encode information based at least in part on a comparison between an estimated time to reach the first point of interest and operating hours associated with the first point of interest.

4. The system of claim 1, the attributes configured to graphically encode information based at least in part on a rating of the first point of interest.

5. The system of claim 1, the attributes configured to graphically encode information based at least in part on an expected wait time associated with the first point of interest.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a display, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable code to output at least a portion of the instructions as graphics on the display.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first graphical point of interest indicator excludes text.

8. A system, comprising:

at least one memory storing computer-executable code;

at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable code to;

receive a request for presentation of a map comprising one or more points of interest;

access data associated with the one or more points of interest; and

generate instructions to present a first point of interest indicator of one or more point of interest indicators, the first point of interest indicator corresponding to a first point of interest of the one or more points of interest, the first point of interest indicator comprising a first ideogram having a first size, the first ideogram comprising attributes configured to represent status information associated with the first point of interest based at least in part on the accessed data, wherein the computer-executable code to generate the instructions further configures the at least one processor to;

present a second point of interest indicator of the one or more point of interest indicators, the second point of interest indicator corresponding to a second point of interest of the one or more points of interest the second point of interest indicator comprising a second ideogram; and

determine a second size of the second ideogram with respect to the first size of the first ideogram based at least in part on a comparison of information associated with the first point of interest to information associated with the second point of interest.

9. The system of claim 8, the first point of interest indicator comprising text associated with the respective ideograms.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

at least one haptic output device coupled to the at least one processor; and

the computer-executable code comprising instructions to generate a haptogram associated with the first point of interest indicator with the at least one haptic output device.

11. The system of claim 8, the one or more points of interest comprising geographic locations.

12. The system of claim 8, the map comprising a representation of a mass transportation network.

13. The system of claim 8, the attributes comprising one or more of a relative size, animation, or texture.

14. The system of claim 8, the represented status information based at least in part on a comparison between an estimated time to reach the first point of interest and operating hours associated with the first point of interest.

15. The system of claim 8, the represented status information based at least in part on a comparison between an estimated time to reach the first point of interest and availability of a deal associated with the first point of interest.

16. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable code that, when executed by at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving point of interest indicator instructions to present a first point of interest indicator comprising ideogram attributes configured for encoding first status information associated with a first point of interest;

presenting the first point of interest indicator on a display;

receiving point of interest indicator instructions to present a second point of interest indicator comprising ideogram attributes configured for encoding second status information associated with a second point of interest;

presenting the second point of interest indicator on the display; and

determining a first size of a first ideogram associated with the first point of interest indicator with respect to a second size of a second ideogram associated with the second point of interest indicator, the determination based at least in part on a comparison of information associated with the first point of interest to information associated with the second point of interest.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 16, the operations further comprising receiving user input associated with the first or the second point of interest indicator.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 16, the first or the second point of interest indicators comprising non-textual presentation of encoded data.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 16, the first point of interest indicator configured to present a relationship based at least in part on an estimated time to reach the first point of interest and operating hours associated with the first point of interest.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the first status information is based at least in part on a relationship between an estimated time to reach the first point of interest and operating hours associated with the first point of interest.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 16, the ideogram attributes comprising one or more of an ideogram color, a background color, a relative size, animation, or a location in visual three-dimensional presentation space.