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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2006
Adam Bliss, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mark Crady, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Chu, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Scott Jenson, Edina, MN (US);
Sanjay Mavinkurve, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua J. Sacks, San Carlos, CA (US);
Jerry Morrison, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adam Bliss, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mark Crady, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Chu, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Scott Jenson, Edina, MN (US);
Sanjay Mavinkurve, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua J. Sacks, San Carlos, CA (US);
Jerry Morrison, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented mapping method is disclosed and includes displaying a first map view of a geographic area on a display of a computing device, receiving a voice or key-press zoom command and generating a first zoom box of a predetermined size on the display relative to the first map view in response to the zoom command, and displaying a second map view of a zoomed geographic area corresponding to the zoom box.