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Automated prioritization of map objects

  • US 8,311,737 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2005
  • Issued: 11/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically generating a map, the method comprising:

  • determining, by a computer, a frequency with which each of a plurality of city names occurs in a corpus of documents;

    associating, by the computer, each city name with one of a plurality of city categories according to the determined frequency of the city name in the corpus; and

    generating, by the computer a digital map including the city names, wherein an appearance of each city name on the map is determined by the category with which it is associated.

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