US 11,704,847 B2
Geocoding personal information
Adam Bliss, Drain, OR (US); and David P. Conway, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/119,110.
Application 17/119,110 is a continuation of application No. 15/999,550, filed on Aug. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,867,419.
Application 15/999,550 is a continuation of application No. 14/721,881, filed on May 26, 2015, granted, now 10,055,862.
Application 14/721,881 is a continuation of application No. 13/295,490, filed on Nov. 14, 2011, granted, now 9,069,865.
Application 13/295,490 is a continuation of application No. 12/256,078, filed on Oct. 22, 2008, granted, now 8,060,582.
Prior Publication US 2021/0166449 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/15 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 11/20 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3874 (2020.08); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 17/15 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G09G 5/003 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a computing device, a query from a particular user;
submitting the query from the computing device to a search system;
rendering a map on a display of the computing device;
receiving, at the computing device and from the search system, one or more search results responsive to the query, wherein the one or more search results include a first search result that represents a personal contact of the particular user, wherein the personal contact was identified from an address book of the particular user and was determined by the search system to be responsive to the query from the particular user;
receiving, at the computing device and from the search system, a location descriptor that indicates a location of the personal contact; and
presenting a marker for the first search result on the map, the marker presented at a position of the map corresponding to the location of the personal contact.