Map language switching

• US 9,569,080 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lee, SungChang
• Primary Examiner(s): LOWENBERGER, AARON J
• Application Number:
  US13/752,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215330A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,477 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

In some implementations, a mobile device can display map user interface that includes a language control that a user can select to switch between a default language and a local language. Map information presented on the map user interface can be initially displayed in the default language. The user can select or manipulate the language control to cause the map information to be presented on the local language. The local language can be determined based on the current location of the mobile device. The language control can be displayed when it has been determined that the local language is not the default language. In some implementations, when a map search has been performed using the default language, the search can be automatically performed again in the local language in response to the user switching the map information displayed on the map user interface to the local language.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an invocation of a map interface on a mobile device, the map interface having a default language;

obtaining a current location of the mobile device;

obtaining one or more local languages associated with the current location;

determining if the one or more local languages associated with the current location correspond to the default language; and

based on determining that at least one of the local languages does not correspond to the default language, displaying the map interface including a language control that indicates two or more languages for presenting information on the map interface and that can be manipulated to present information on the map interface concurrently in the two or more languages, wherein an amount of information presented in each of the two or more languages is adjusted based on the manipulation of the language control.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the language control is a graphical object, the method further comprising:

receiving a user input selecting the language control; and

based on receiving the user input, updating the map interface to present information in one of the local languages.

3. The method of claim 1, where the language control is a slider control indicating the two or more languages for presenting information on the map interface, and wherein a user can manipulate the slider control to select from the two or more languages for presenting information on the map interface.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a user input selecting a position of the slider control that corresponds to two languages; and

based on receiving the user input, updating the map interface to present information in the two languages associated with the selected position of the slider control.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the language control indicates availability of a first language of the local languages, the method further comprising:

receiving a first selection of the language control;

in response to receiving the first selection, displaying the information on the map interface in the first language; and

updating the language control on the map interface to indicate availability of a second language of the local languages.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a second selection of the language control; and

in response to receiving the second selection, displaying the information on the map interface in the second language.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving an invocation of a sub-screen of the map interface; and

displaying the sub-screen, where information displayed on the sub-screen is presented in the first language of the local languages.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving search terms in a first language;

performing a first search based on the search terms;

presenting first search results on the map interface in the first language;

receiving a selection of the language control; and

in response to the selection, translating the search terms into a second language, performing a second search based on the translated search terms and presenting second search results on the map interface in the second language.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the two or more languages includes the default language and at least one local language, and wherein an amount of information that is presented on the map interface in the default language and an amount of information that is presented in the at least one local language are varied based on a selected position of the language control.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving an invocation of a map interface on a mobile device, the map interface having a default language;

obtaining a current location of the mobile device;

obtaining one or more local languages associated with the current location;

determining if the one or more local languages associated with the current location correspond to the default language; and

based on determining that at least one of the local languages does not correspond to the default language, displaying the map interface including a language control that indicates two or more languages for presenting information on the map interface and that can be manipulated to present information on the map interface concurrently in the two or more languages, wherein an amount of information presented in each of the two or more languages is adjusted based on the manipulation of the language control.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the language control is a graphical object, and wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user input selecting the language control; and

based on receiving the user input, updating the map interface to present information in one of the local languages.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, where the language control is a slider control indicating the two or more languages for presenting information on the map interface, and wherein a user can manipulate the slider control to select from the two or more languages for presenting information on the map interface.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a user input selecting a position of the slider control that corresponds to two languages; and

based on receiving the user input, updating the map interface to present information in the two languages associated with the selected position of the slider control.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the language control indicates availability of a first language of the local languages, and wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first selection of the language control;

in response to receiving the first selection, displaying the information on the map interface in the first language; and

updating the language control on the map interface to indicate availability of a second language of the local languages.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a second selection of the language control; and

in response to receiving the second selection, displaying the information on the map interface in the second language.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving an invocation of a sub-screen of the map interface; and

displaying the sub-screen, where information displayed on the sub-screen is presented in the first language of the local languages.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving search terms in a first language;

performing a first search based on the search terms;

presenting first search results on the map interface in the first language;

receiving a selection of the language control; and

in response to the selection, translating the search terms into a second language, performing a second search based on the translated search terms and presenting second search results on the map interface in the second language.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the two or more languages includes the default language and at least one local language, and wherein an amount of information that is presented on the map interface in the default language and an amount of information that is presented in the at least one local language are varied based on a selected position of the language control.

19. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving an invocation of a map interface on a mobile device, the map interface having a default language;

obtaining a current location of the mobile device;

obtaining one or more local languages associated with the current location;

determining if the one or more local languages associated with the current location correspond to the default language; and

based on determining that at least one of the local languages does not correspond to the default language, displaying the map interface including a language control that indicates two or more languages for presenting information on the map interface and that can be manipulated to present information on the map interface concurrently in the two or more languages, wherein an amount of information presented in each of the two or more languages is adjusted based on the manipulation of the language control.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the language control is a graphical object, and wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user input selecting the language control; and

based on receiving the user input, updating the map interface to present information in one of the local languages.

21. The system of claim 19, where the language control is a slider control indicating the two or more languages for presenting information on the map interface, and wherein a user can manipulate the slider control to select from the two or more languages for presenting information on the map interface.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a user input selecting a position of the slider control that corresponds to two languages; and

based on receiving the user input, updating the map interface to present information in the two languages associated with the selected position of the slider control.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first selection of the language control; and

in response to receiving the first selection, displaying the information on the map interface in a first language of the local languages.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the language control indicates availability of a first language of the local languages, and wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first selection of the language control;

in response to receiving the first selection, displaying the information on the map interface in the first language; and

updating the language control on the map interface to indicate availability of a second language of the local languages.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving an invocation of a sub-screen of the map interface; and

displaying the sub-screen, where information displayed on the sub-screen is presented in the first language of the local languages.

26. The system of claim 19, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving search terms in a first language;

performing a first search based on the search terms;

presenting first search results on the map interface in the first language;

receiving a selection of the language control; and

in response to the selection, translating the search terms into a second language, performing a second search based on the translated search terms and presenting second search results on the map interface in the second language.

27. The system of claim 19, wherein the two or more languages includes the default language and at least one local language, and wherein an amount of information that is presented on the map interface in the default language and an amount of information that is presented in the at least one local language are varied based on a selected position of the language control.