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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2010
Applicant:
David W. Nesbitt, Adamstown, MD (US);
Inventor:
David W. Nesbitt, Adamstown, MD (US);
Assignee:
America Online, Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques are provided for displaying a map for a route in a ground-based vehicle. The map includes a variable road network map showing finer detail for geographic features near the route and less detail for geographic features farther from the route. The map is displayed based on the travel direction of the ground-based vehicle.