Bundled map guide

• US 6,493,630 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2001
• Issued: 12/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wizeguides.Com Inc.
• Original Assignee: Wizeguides.Com Inc.
• Inventors: Goldstein, Mike, Runyan, Craig, Sumner, John W., Ruiz, Patrick, Valentino, Nicola, Freedman, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hernandez, Olga
• Application Number:
  US09/788,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20020116121A1
• Time in Patent Office: 662 Days
• Field of Search: 701/208, 701/200, 701/212, 701/25, 701/36, 340/989, 340/990, 340/995
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/006 Representation of non-cartographic information on maps, e.g. population distribution, wind direction, radiation levels, air and sea routes

Abstract

A system is provided for displaying a cartographic map representative of a subway line within a geographic region upon a display device for providing a display having a plurality of display fields, the system having information about an attraction located within the geographic region. A description information display field for receiving and displaying description information corresponding to the attraction and an icon information field for receiving and displaying icon information representative of an icon are provided. A screen display representative of the geographic region and icon information and a display of descriptive information is provided in response to indicating the display representative of icon information.

Claims

1. A display system for displaying a cartographic map representative of a subway line within a geographic region upon a display device for providing a display having a plurality of display fields, said system having an indicator device for indicating on said display device a display location located within said geographic region and information about an attraction, comprising:

(a) a description information display field for receiving and displaying description information associated with said attraction;

(b) an icon information field for receiving by way of an internet transmission medium icon information representative of an icon associated with said attraction and displaying the icon information;

(c) a screen displayed upon said display device representative of said geographic region and said icon information; and

(d) a display of said descriptive information upon said display device in response to indicating said display representative of said icon information using said indicator device.

2. The display system of claim 1, wherein said attraction has a an associated trademark and said icon information comprises information for providing a display upon said display device representative of said associated trademark.

3. The display system of claim 1, wherein said icon information is received into said icon information field only in response to receiving identity indicating information associated with said attraction.

4. The display system of claim 1, further comprising an Universal Resource Locator field for receiving and storing Universal Resource Locator information for linking said icon information to a web site of said attraction.

5. The display system of claim 1, further comprising:

(a) a plurality of map displays representative of at least a portion of said subway line for display on said display device;

(b) a plurality of display layers provided in accordance with said plurality of map displays for determining a map display of said plurality of map displays when a display layer of said plurality of display layers is applied to said display device;

(c) a display having a plurality of view select zones corresponding to said plurality of display layers to permit a user to select a display layer in response to selecting a view select zone of said plurality of view select zones using said indicator device; and

(d) a display of said selected display layer upon said display device provided in response to said selecting of said view select zone wherein said display of said selected display layer includes at least a portion of a subway line.

6. The display system of claim 5, further comprising a plurality of map displays for display upon said display device, wherein said plurality of map displays is stored on a map server and said display device is disposed at a location remote from said map server.

7. The display system of claim 6, wherein said map server is coupled to said remote display device by way of an image transmission medium.

8. The display system of claim 7, wherein said image transmission medium comprises an internet transmission medium.

9. The display system of claim 5, further comprising a first plurality of point vectors defining a plurality of points on a first display layer representative of a selected geographic region, each point vector of said first plurality of point vectors corresponding to a point of said plurality of points.

10. The display system of claim 9, further comprising a second display layer representative of said selected geographic region in accordance with said first display layer wherein said first and second display layers have differing resolutions by performing a vector transform upon said plurality of point vectors to determine a second plurality of point vectors, each point vector of said second plurality of point vectors representing a point of said second display layer.

11. The display system of claim 6, further comprising a low resolution map display formed of a plurality of map subregions and a plurality of high resolution map displays corresponding to said plurality of map subregions.

12. The display system of claim 11, wherein said view select zones comprise the map subregions of said plurality of map subregions.

13. The display system of claim 1, wherein said subway line includes a subway stop having a plurality of user passageways connecting said subway line to a street level further comprising a display representation of said subway stop and at least two of said user passageways.

14. The display system of claim 1, wherein said cartographic map is representative of a plurality of subway lines further comprising a display of at least two subway lines of said plurality of subway lines upon said display device.

15. The display system of claim 14, further comprising a display of walking distance between selected points on said at least two subway lines upon said display device.

16. The display system of claim 1, further comprising a display of a representation of a walking route over a portion of said geographic region represented by said selected map display upon said display device.

17. The display system of claim 16, further comprising a display of the distance of said walking route upon said display device.

18. The display system of claim 16, wherein information regarding an attraction located in the vicinity of said walking route is stored on a map server.

19. The display system of claim 18 further comprising a display of said stored information on said display device in response to indicating an icon within said selected map display by said indicator device.

20. The display system of claim 1, further comprising an indication of location information within said selected map display corresponding to the location of said attraction within said geographic region.

21. The display system of claim 20, wherein said icon comprises a trademark of said attraction.

22. The display system of claim 5, further comprising an indication of said icon at corresponding locations within a plurality of said map displays.

23. The display system of claim 1, wherein said selected map display is selected by indicating a trademark.

24. A display system for displaying a cartographic map representative of a subway line within a geographic region upon a display device for providing a display having a plurality of display fields, said system having an indicator device for indicating on said display device a display location located within said geographic region and information about an attraction, comprising:

(a) a description information display field for receiving and displaying description information associated with said attraction;

(b) an icon information field for receiving and displaying icon information representative of an icon associated with said attraction;

(c) a screen displayed upon said display device representative of said geographic region and said icon information;

(d) a Universal Resource Locator field for receiving and storing Universal Resource Locator information for linking said icon information to a web site of said attraction; and

(e) a display of said descriptive information upon said display device in response to indicating said display representative of said icon information using said indicator device.