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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Mapquest, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
G. Duane Gearhart, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Adam H. Risser, Lititz, PA (US);
Beth A. Warner, York, PA (US);
Marshall B. Matthews, Mountville, PA (US);
Lindsey Young, Wrightsville, PA (US);
Elizabeth McIlhany, Denver, CO (US);
Michael Ringrose, Hanover, PA (US);
MapQuest, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Computer implemented methods are disclosed for providing to a user geographical mapping information relating to a trip from a start location to a destination location. One method includes receiving user input data including at least the destination location; receiving a location of a point movable by the user along the route from the start location to the destination location on an electronic map; displaying one or more points of interest within a range of the location of the point; receiving a selection by the user of at least one of the one or more points of interest; generating a modified route from the start location to the destination location which includes the selected at least one of the one or more points interest; and displaying the modified route with the selected at least one of the one or more points interest.