Dynamic restyling of digital maps
    11.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11353333B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16488726

    申请日:2018-09-25

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Inventor: Bailiang Zhou

    Abstract: To dynamically restyle map features related to a navigation route on a digital map, a server device and/or a client device selectively applies different visual styles to certain map features to emphasize and de-emphasize navigation routes or other logically linked sets of map features. For example, the server device instructs the client device to visually emphasize the road segments included in the navigation route, de-emphasize road segments not in the navigation route, and leave the remaining features at the default (standard) level of detail. The client device then re-renders the map features accordingly.

    Navigation System on the Infinite Scroll
    12.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200348834A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-05

    申请号:US16402731

    申请日:2019-05-03

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Inventor: Bailiang Zhou

    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing efficient navigation tools for an infinite scroll user interface are provided. One example method includes providing at least a portion of a set of content items, the set of content items including a plurality of previously displayed content items that have previously been displayed and one or more currently displayed content items. The method includes storing user engagement data for each content item. The method includes displaying a navigational tool that enables the user to access the plurality of previously displayed content items. The method includes automatically selecting previously displayed content items based on the user engagement data. The method includes presenting one or more content markers associated with the automatically selected one or more previously displayed content items.

    Automatically embedding digital maps in software applications

    公开(公告)号:US10599688B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US15509812

    申请日:2015-02-09

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Abstract: An application programming interface (API) for automatically providing digital maps to third-party software applications is provided. The API is configured to (i) receive a string of alphanumeric characters from a third-party software application that executes independently of a map service, (ii) automatically determine whether the string is consistent with one or more indications of geographic locations, (iii) when the string is consistent with an indication of a geographic location, determine whether a digital map of a geographic area including the indicated geographic location should be generated, and (iv) in response to determining that the digital map should be generated, receive the digital from the map service and provide the digital map to the third-party software application for display via a user interface.

    DYNAMIC RESTYLING OF DIGITAL MAPS
    16.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210333120A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US16488726

    申请日:2018-09-25

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Inventor: Bailiang Zhou

    Abstract: To dynamically restyle map features related to a navigation route on a digital map, a server device and/or a client device selectively applies different visual styles to certain map features to emphasize and de-emphasize navigation routes or other logically linked sets of map features. For example, the server device instructs the client device to visually emphasize the road segments included in the navigation route, de-emphasize road segments not in the navigation route, and leave the remaining features at the default (standard) level of detail. The client device then re-renders the map features accordingly.

    Linear visualization of a driving route

    公开(公告)号:US11131559B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-28

    申请号:US16167040

    申请日:2018-10-22

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Inventor: Bailiang Zhou

    Abstract: A nonlinear route for traveling from a source to a destination is determined. The route includes a sequence of (i) route segments and (ii) intermediate geographic locations defining endpoints of the route segments. A linear visual representation of the route on a titled plane to a create a three-dimensional perspective is generated and displayed via a user interface of a computing device. Indicators of the intermediate geographic locations are positioned along the linear visual representation of the route, interactive controls for retrieving additional information related to the intermediate geographic locations are provided, and the linear representation of the route is displayed via a user interface of a computing device.

    SELECTING POINTS OF INTEREST FOR DISPLAY ON A PERSONALIZED DIGITAL MAP

    公开(公告)号:US20200097564A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16141647

    申请日:2018-09-25

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Inventor: Bailiang Zhou

    Abstract: A system determines a geographic area of interest to be presented to a user in a digital map. The system identifies a set of general POIs based on one or more signals unrelated to the user and, in a first instance, places respective indicators for the set of general POIs on the digital map of the geographic area of interest. In a second instance, the system identifies a set of personalized POIs of likely relevance to the user, based on signals specific to the user and independent of geography, and places respective indicators for the set of personalized POIs on the digital map of the geographic area along with some but not all of the indicators for the set of general POIs, so that density of the indicators does not exceed a certain threshold value.

    Dynamically Controlling Map Viewport in View of User Signals

    公开(公告)号:US20190041230A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16154520

    申请日:2018-10-08

    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

    Inventor: Bailiang Zhou

    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that implement an application programming interface (API) for generating digital maps. When invoked by a software module executing on one or more processors of a client device, the API operates to (i) determine a geographic location to be included in a digital map, where the geographic location is specified by a server device coupled to the client device via a communication network, (ii) select a parameter for a viewport of the digital map based at least on a distance from a current location of the client device to the specified geographic location, (iii) generate the digital map in accordance with the selected parameter, and display the digital map via a user interface of the client device.

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