Destination Maps User Interface

• US 20110270516A1
• Filed: 04/29/2010
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Kopf, Johannes P., Cohen, Michael F.
• Granted Patent: US 8,489,331 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

A user interface is presented via which user inputs can be received and maps can be displayed. A user selection of a destination and a user specification of a region of interest on a map are received. The region of interest surrounds the destination on the map. In response to receiving the user specification of the region of interest, a destination map is displayed via the user interface. The destination map includes both the destination and the region of interest, and a layout of one or more roads that include one or more routes to the destination at multiple different scales.

Claims

1. A method implemented at a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a user selection of a destination;

displaying a map including the destination;

receiving a user specification of a region of interest surrounding the destination on the map; and

displaying, in response to receiving the user specification of the region of interest, a destination map that includes both the destination and the region of interest, the destination map including a layout of one or more roads that include one or more routes to the destination at multiple different scales.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving a user indication of a map title for the destination map, and wherein the displaying further comprises displaying the destination map with the map title.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving a user selection of a map style for the destination map, and wherein the displaying further comprises displaying the destination map in the selected map style.

4. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the selected map style is one of multiple map styles that include a road map style, a hand-drawn sketch style, and a treasure map style.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving a user request to save the destination map, and in response to the user request saving the destination map to a storage location.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving a user request to share the destination map, and in response to the user request displaying a link to a location where the destination map is stored.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving a user selection of a destination comprises receiving a user input of a street address.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving a user selection of a destination comprises receiving a user input dragging and dropping a flag at the destination on the map.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving a user specification of a region of interest comprises receiving a user specification of a rectangle within which the destination is located.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving a user specification of a region of interest comprises:

displaying a rectangle around the destination on the map;

receiving one or more user inputs dragging one or more edges of the rectangle to different locations on the map; and

receiving a user input confirming that the rectangle is the region of interest.

11. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon multiple instructions that implement a user interface, wherein the multiple instructions when executed by one or more processors of a computing device cause the one or more processors to:

receive, via the user interface, a user selection of a destination;

receive, via the user interface, a user specification of a region of interest on a map surrounding the destination on the map; and

display, via the user interface and in response to receiving the user specification of the region of interest, a destination map that includes both the destination and the region of interest, the destination map including a layout of one or more roads that include one or more routes to the destination at multiple different scales.

12. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 11, wherein the multiple instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive, via the user interface, a user indication of a map title for the destination map, and wherein to display the destination map is to display the destination map with the map title.

13. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 11, wherein the multiple instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive, via the user interface, a user selection of a map style for the destination map, and wherein to display the destination map is to display the destination map in the selected map style.

14. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 11, wherein the multiple instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive a user request to save the destination map, and in response to the user request save the destination map to a storage location.

15. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 11, wherein the multiple instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive a user request to share the destination map, and in response to the user request display a link to a location where the destination map is stored.

16. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 11, wherein to receive a user selection of a destination is to receive a user input of a street address.

17. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 11, wherein to receive a user selection of a destination is to receive a user input dragging and dropping a flag at the destination on the map.

18. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 11, wherein to receive a user specification of a region of interest is to receive a user specification of a rectangle within which the destination is located.

19. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 11, wherein to receive a user specification of a region of interest is to:

display a rectangle around the destination on the map;

receive one or more user inputs dragging one or more edges of the rectangle to different locations on the map; and

receive a user input confirming that the rectangle is the region of interest.

20. A method implemented at a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving, as a user selection of a destination, a user input dragging and dropping a flag on a map at the destination;

receiving a user specification of a region of interest surrounding the destination on the map, wherein receiving the user specification comprises;

displaying a rectangle around the destination on the map;

receiving one or more user inputs dragging one or more edges of the rectangle to different locations;

receiving, after receiving the one or more user inputs dragging one or more edges of the rectangle, a user input confirming that the rectangle is a region of interest;

receiving a user indication of a map title;

receiving a user selection of one of multiple map styles, wherein the multiple map styles include a road map style and a hand-drawn sketch style; and

displaying, in response to receiving the user selection of one of the multiple map styles, a destination map in the user selected map style, the destination map including the map title, the destination, the region of interest, and a layout of one or more roads including one or more routes to the destination at multiple different scales.