Presenting maps on a client device

US8958818B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8958818-B2
Application numberUS-201313765477-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 12, 2013
Priority dateFeb 12, 2013
Publication dateFeb 17, 2015
Grant dateFeb 17, 2015

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Abstract

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A system and method associated with displaying a map on a client device. The method includes transmitting context data related to the client device to a server, where the server is configured to identify that a location-specific map corresponding to a location of the client device is available to be displayed based to the context data; and receiving a signal from the server to display a prompt indicating that the location-specific map is available to be displayed on the client device, where the server determines whether to transmit the signal based on the context data.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a server device, context data related to a mobile device; identifying, at the server device, that a location-specific map associated with the context data is available for display by the mobile device; responsive to the identifying, transmitting a first signal to the mobile device to cause the mobile device to display a prompt, wherein the prompt includes a first selectable option to cause the mobile device to di…

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  • H04W4/02Primary

    Electricity · mapped topic

  • H04W4/024Primary

    Electricity · mapped topic

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What does patent US8958818B2 cover?
A system and method associated with displaying a map on a client device. The method includes transmitting context data related to the client device to a server, where the server is configured to identify that a location-specific map corresponding to a location of the client device is available to be displayed based to the context data; and receiving a signal from the server to display a prompt …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Rose Robert Brett, Google Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W4/02. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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