Systems and methods for temporary display of map data stored in a display device high speed memory

US8970632B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8970632-B2
Application numberUS-201213494678-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 12, 2012
Priority dateDec 12, 2011
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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The present disclosure relates to temporarily rendering a display on a display device using map data stored in a high speed memory of the display device while the display device is waiting to receive updated data from a display device persistent memory or a remote map data database in response to a user initiated request for updated data. The present disclosure also relates to a display device high speed memory management module for managing the contents of a high speed memory.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for displaying maps on a display device, the display device having a first memory, a second memory and a user interface, wherein a first access speed of the first memory is higher than a second access speed of the second memory, and wherein the display device operates in a communication network, the method comprising: receiving a user request via the user interface to display a requested map image corresponding to a requested geographic region and a…

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What does patent US8970632B2 cover?
The present disclosure relates to temporarily rendering a display on a display device using map data stored in a high speed memory of the display device while the display device is waiting to receive updated data from a display device persistent memory or a remote map data database in response to a user initiated request for updated data. The present disclosure also relates to a display device …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Zhu Ronghui, Siliski Michael, Google Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G09G5/373. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 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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