US 11,816,315 B2
Method and apparatus for supporting user interactions with non-designated locations on a digital map
Kelvin Ho, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonah Jones, San Francisco, CA (US); Yatin Chawathe, Mountain View, CA (US); Bernhard Seefeld, Mountain View, CA (US); Paul Merrell, Mountain View, CA (US); Alirez Ali, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jonathan Siegel, Mountain View, CA (US); Daniel Otero, Seattle, WA (US); and Su Chuin Leong, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,757.
Application 17/942,757 is a continuation of application No. 13/895,315, filed on May 15, 2013, granted, now 11,481,091.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004269 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G09B 29/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0484 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3881 (2020.08); G09B 29/003 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for use in a computing device having a user interface for supporting user interactions with locations on an interactive digital map displayed on the user interface, the method comprising:
displaying a digital map that includes a set of designated locations each represented by an indicator on the digital map indicating that a designated location has a predefined place page, and a set of non-designated locations;
receiving selection data that specifies a location selected by a user on the digital map displayed on the user interface of the computing device, the selected location not represented by the indicator on the digital map;
determining whether the selected location is in the set of designated locations having the predefined place page specific to the selected location by querying a place data repository for predetermined place card data for the selected location;
in response to determining that the selected location does not have the predefined place page associated with the selected location, determining that the selected location is in the set of non-designated locations and obtaining a set of informational data describing the selected location by querying at least one of a plurality of information data sources for information associated with the selected location, wherein the plurality of information data sources are different than the place data repository; and
displaying a first place card having a certain shape and a certain size on the user interface in response to the user selecting the selected location in the set of non- designated locations, the first place card including the obtained set of informational data;
displaying a second place card having a similar shape and a similar size in response to the user selecting a location in the set of designated locations, the second place card including the predefined place page for the location in the set of designated locations, wherein the first place card and the second place card appear in a visually indistinguishable manner, except for location-specific information in the first place card and the second place card.