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Automatic display of trip information in a mapping application

  • US 9,285,234 B1
  • Filed: 10/29/2013
  • Issued: 03/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a computing device for efficiently providing information related to directions to a user, the method comprising:

  • providing an interactive digital map of a geographic area via a user interface of the computing device;

    receiving, by one or more processors via a user interface of the computing device, a selection of a point on the digital map, wherein the selected point corresponds to a selected location within the geographic area;

    in response to receiving the selection of the point and without receiving a request for directions from a user via the user interface, automatically obtaining an indication of a length of a trip between a current location of the computing device and the selected location, by the one or more processors; and

    displaying, via the user interface, the indication of the length of the trip along with the interactive digital map, including;

    determining, using the indication of the length of the trip, whether an estimated distance between the current location and the selected location is greater than a certain threshold value, andwhen the estimated distance is greater than the threshold value, displaying the estimated distance between the current location and the selected location as the indication of the length of the trip,otherwise, when the estimated distance is not greater than the threshold value, displaying an estimated duration of the trip as the indication of the length of the trip.

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