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Routing service for computation of a cross-street associated with a geographic location

US9212929B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9212929-B2
Application numberUS-201113299359-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 18, 2011
Priority dateNov 18, 2011
Publication dateDec 15, 2015
Grant dateDec 15, 2015

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Architecture that computes cross-streets of a geographic location using a dynamic routing service. This also means execution can be local on a mobile device without the need to build an additional index of locations and associated cross-streets. Accordingly, the user can now find the cross-streets of a particular location rather than simply the street address. Upon receiving geolocation data for the geographic location, for which the nearest cross-streets are being determined, routing points from which routes are generated to the main point of interest are selected to be sufficiently distant from the main point of interest, since if the routing points are too close, the route may not yield a route sufficiently detailed from which the cross-streets can be inferred. The output is then cross-streets on either side of the geographic location as a means for providing a quick reference to a user seeking the location.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system, comprising: a routing service component configured to determine cross-streets associated with a main point of interest by choosing routing points in different directions about the main point of interest, compute routes between the main point of interest and the routing points, and, compute, and output to a device, cross-street information associated with the main point of interest based on the routing points and the routes, wherein the cross-street…

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What does patent US9212929B2 cover?
Architecture that computes cross-streets of a geographic location using a dynamic routing service. This also means execution can be local on a mobile device without the need to build an additional index of locations and associated cross-streets. Accordingly, the user can now find the cross-streets of a particular location rather than simply the street address. Upon receiving geolocation data fo…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Voronel Gary, Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G01C21/3667. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 15 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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