System and method for displaying address information on a map

• US 9,857,180 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2016
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Dicke, Ronald Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Jen, Ian
• Application Number:
  US15/237,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20160356607A1
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/30 Map- or contour-matching
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers

Abstract

A method of displaying a map on a device includes determining position information of a position on the map, displaying a graphical position indicator representing the position on the map, determining address information corresponding to the position on the map, and presenting the address information via a user interface of the device by displaying a street number on the map adjacent to the graphical position indicator.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a map on a wireless communications device, the method comprising:

determining position information of a position on the map;

displaying, via a user interface of the device, a graphical position indicator representing the position on the map;

determining address information corresponding to the position on the map, the address information comprising at least one street number, each street number denoting, a respective location; and

for each said at least one street number;

determining whether the location denoted by the street number is accessible from the position on the map, wherein the position information comprises a path segment and determining whether the location is accessible comprises determining whether the path segment provides access to the location;

if the location is accessible from the path segment, displaying the street lumber adjacent to the graphical position indicator, and;

if the location is not accessible from the path segment, not displaying the street number.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the path segment comprises a roadway segment, and the position information further comprises a side of the roadway segment for the position on the map.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining whether the location denoted by the street number is accessible comprises determining whether the location is accessible from the side of the roadway segment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining whether the location is accessible from the side of the roadway segment comprises determining whether the roadway segment is crossable.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the address information comprises obtaining, from a server, address data containing the address information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein determining the position information comprises identifying a center of the map displayed onscreen.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the position information comprises determining a current position of the wireless communications device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the address information comprises an address range for a path segment along which the wireless communications device is traveling.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code which, when loaded into memory and executed on a processor of a device, causes the device to:

determine position information of a position on the map;

display, via a user interface of the device, a graphical position indicator representing the position on the map;

determine address information corresponding to the position on the map, the address information comprising at least one street number, each street number denoting a respective location; and

for each said at least one street number;

determine whether the location denoted by the street number is accessible from the position on the map, wherein the position information comprises a path segment and determining whether the location is accessible comprises determining whether the path segment provides access to the location;

if the location is accessible from the path segment, display the street number adjacent to the graphical position indicator, and;

if the location is not accessible from the path segment, not display the street number.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the path segment comprises a roadway segment, and the position information further comprises a side of the roadway segment for the position on the map.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein determining whether the location denoted by the street number is accessible comprises determining whether the location is accessible from the side of the roadway segment.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein determining Whether the location is accessible from the side of the roadway segment comprises determining whether the roadway segment is crossable.

13. A device comprising:

a display for displaying a map; and

a processor operatively coupled to memory configured to cause the device to;

determine position information of a position on the map;

display, via a user interface of the device, a graphical position indicator representing the position on the map;

determine address information corresponding to the position on the map, the address information comprising at least one street number, each street number denoting a respective location; and

for each said at least one street number;

determine whether the location denoted by the street number is accessible from the position on the map, wherein the position information comprises a path segment and determining whether the location is accessible comprises determining whether the path segment provides access to the location;

if the location is accessible from the path segment, display the respective street numbers adjacent to the graphical position indicator, and;

if the location is not accessible from the path segment, not display the respective street number.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the path segment comprises a roadway segment, and the position information further comprises a side of the roadway segment for the position on the map.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein determining whether the location denoted by the street number is accessible comprises determining whether the location is accessible from the side of the roadway segment.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein determining whether the location is accessible from the side of the roadway segment comprises determining whether the roadway segment is crossable.

17. The device of claim 13, wherein the determining the address information comprises obtaining, from a server, address data containing the address information.