Computer system for indentifying local resources

Patent 6240360 Issued on May 29, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 13, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Phelan, Sean

Application

No. 011691 filed on 02/13/1998

US Classes:

701/208, For use in a map data base system345/641, Fixed overlay pattern701/207, Employing position determining equipment701/212Having variable map scale

Examiners

Primary: Cuchlinski, William A. Jr.
Assistant: Marc-Coleman, Marthe Y.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Pillsbury Winthrop LLP

Foreign Patent References

379 198 EP. 07/13/1990
539 143 EP. 04/13/1993

International Class

G09G 001/123

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-08-16 GB

Abstract

A map of the area of a client computer (10) is requested from a map server (11). Information relating to a place of interest is requested from an information server (12) by the client computer (10). The information is superimposed or overlaid on a map image at a position on the map image corresponding to the location of the place of interest on the map. The information (or "overlay") server (12) may contain details of, for example, hotels, restaurants, shops or the like, associated with the geographical coordinates of each location. The map server (11) contains map data, including coordinate data representing the spatial coordinates of at least one point on the area represented by the map.

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