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Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2010
Applicants:

Billy Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);

Eyal Ofek, Redmond, WA (US);

Michael Cohen, Seattle, WA (US);

Johannes Kopf, Bellevue, WA (US);

Casey Stein, Snohomish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Billy Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);

Eyal Ofek, Redmond, WA (US);

Michael Cohen, Seattle, WA (US);

Johannes Kopf, Bellevue, WA (US);

Casey Stein, Snohomish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Intuitive and user-friendly user interface (UI) techniques are provided for navigating street view applications on a mobile device enabling users to view different angles and segments of available street level images. Additionally, retrieval and presentation of street view images are managed to mitigate delays in retrieval of desired images from a server over wireless connections through techniques such as textual representations, replacement views, scheduling image requests, and comparable ones.


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