US 12,248,665 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, San Francisco, CA (US); Bernhard Seefeld, San Francisco, CA (US); Paul Merrell, Palo Alto, 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 Oct. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/377,203.
Application 18/377,203 is a continuation of application No. 17/942,757, filed on Sep. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,816,315.
Application 17/942,757 is a continuation of application No. 13/895,315, filed on May 15, 2013, granted, now 11,481,091, issued on Oct. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086040 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G09B 29/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
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;
in response to determining that the selected location is in the set of non-designated locations, displaying a first place card having a certain shape and a certain size on the user interface; and
in response to determining that the selected location is in the set of designated locations, displaying a second place card having a similar shape and a similar size, 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.