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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Aroon Pahwa, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Britt K. Nelson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3664 (2013.01); G01C 21/362 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3608 (2013.01); G01C 21/3626 (2013.01); G01C 21/3632 (2013.01); G01C 21/3667 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for interacting with mapping applications. In one example, a virtual assistant server can efficiently communicate with a map server to provide a user with map data in response to spoken user requests received at a user device. In another example, communicatively coupled electronic devices can be synchronized such that a location marker generated on one device can be displayed on the other device. In another example, an electronic device can display simplified views of individual route directions that can be updated based on movement of the user or in response to user requests. In another example, an electronic device can selectively display an interface including a current location of a user or an interface including a route to a predicted destination based on contextual information associated with the user. The interfaces can include affordances for launching an associated mapping application.


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