US 9,532,164 B2
Mashing mapping content displayed on mobile devicesGeneral
US 9,532,164 B2
Mashing mapping content displayed on mobile devices
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Omar Abdul-Ali
Art Unit:
2142 Graphical User Interface and Document Processing
Agent:
Kasha Law LLC
Inventors:
Gabriel Jakobson; Steven Rueben
Assignee:
Priority:
10/12/07
Filed:
08/03/13
Granted:
12/27/16
Expiration:
01/30/29
Abstract
A method and apparatus for mapping addressable information (e.g. locations denoted by name or address, street addresses, landmarks, etc.) off of disparate applications on a mobile device, onto an existing map on the mobile device, are disclosed. An application on a mobile device may display addressable information (e.g. a website displaying a location name and/or address, an email containing an address, etc.) In response to a user's selecting the addressable information and invoking a mapping command, a map-display application (e.g. Google Maps®, Yahoo! Maps®, Windows Live Search Maps®, MapQuest®, iPhone® maps, Waze® etc.) may be automatically presented (e.g. launched, become visible, displayed, etc.) displaying the addressable information in addition to at least one prior mapping content previously displayed by the map-display application.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04W4/029H04M1/72457H04WG06F3/04847G06FG09B29/007G09B