Indicating a travel route based on a user selection

• US 8,954,274 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2012
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nesbitt, David W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cuong H
• Application Number:
  US13/620,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20130066553A1
• Time in Patent Office: 878 Days
• Field of Search: 701/409, 701/412, 701446-447, 701/410, 701/468, 701/429, 701532-533, 701/527, 701/428, 340/995.1, 340/995.19, 340/995.23, 340/990
• US Class Current: 701/533
• 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: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

Techniques are provided for presenting a route in a manner that emphasizes the route and provides context information. For example, a vivid color or vivid colors may be used to display the route, and pastel colors or other desaturated colors may be used for non-route context information. This may result in a map in which the vivid colors of the route stand out over the faded style of the non-route context information to emphasize the route. In this manner, the map may both emphasize the route and provide context information for the route.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for a route;

identifying, using at least one processor, a map portion associated with the route and a narrative portion associated with the route, wherein the narrative portion comprises a listing of a plurality of maneuvers associated with the route;

providing, for display, the map portion associated with the route and the narrative portion associated with the route;

detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers; and

providing, for display, an indicator on the map portion that corresponds to the particular maneuver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the narrative portion further comprises a total distance of the route.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the narrative portion further comprises an estimated amount of time to travel the route.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises a scrolling list of text descriptions of each maneuver within the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the text descriptions of each maneuver comprise a distance relative to an adjacent maneuver.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each maneuver within the listing of the plurality of maneuvers is associated with a corresponding portion of the route.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein providing, for display, an indicator on the map portion that corresponds to the particular maneuver comprises providing, for display, highlighting of a portion of the route associated with the particular maneuver.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein providing, for display, an indicator on the map portion that corresponds to the particular maneuver comprises providing, for display, a cursor proximate to a portion of the route associated with the particular maneuver.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises detecting a mouse cursor proximate to the particular maneuver in the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises detecting a mouse click proximate to the particular maneuver in the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed at a processor, cause a computer system to:

idenify a map portion associated with a route and a narrative portion associated with the route, wherein the narrative portion comprises a listing of a plurality of maneuvers associated with the route;

provide, for display, the map portion associated with the route and the narrative portion associated with the route;

detect a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers; and

provide, for display, an indicator on the map portion that corresponds to the particular maneuver.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the narrative portion further comprises an estimated amount of time to travel the route.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises a scrolling list of text descriptions of maneuvers within the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein each maneuver within the listing of the plurality of maneuvers is associated with a corresponding portion of the route.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises detecting a mouse cursor proximate to the particular maneuver in the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.

16. A method comprising:

providing, for display and using at least one processor, a route that comprises a map portion and a narrative portion, wherein the narrative portion comprises a listing of a plurality of maneuvers;

detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers; and

providing, for display, an indicator that illustrates the particular maneuver on the map portion.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein providing, for display, an indicator that illustrates the particular maneuver on the map portion comprises providing, for display, a maneuver map comprising a sub-portion of the map portion associated with the particular maneuver.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising positioning the maneuver map proximate a portion of the map portion corresponding to the particular maneuver.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the maneuver map further comprises one or more additional maneuvers that occur within a defined distance of the particular maneuver.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the maneuver map further comprises a predefined number of additional maneuvers that occur following the particular maneuver.