Patent ID: 11937145
Assignee: NEARBY SYSTEMS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for displaying location-based content on a digital map displayed on a mobile device, comprising:
a memory of a mobile device storing a first non-browser application and a second non-browser application;
a processor of the mobile device executing the first non-browser application;
a touch screen of the mobile device displaying a first user interface of the first non-browser application, wherein the first user interface displays a first map, an icon corresponding to a location on the first map and a text associated with the icon;
a GPS device of the mobile device determining a location of the mobile device; and
a mapping component of the first non-browser application configured to communicate with an online mapping service,
wherein upon receiving a touch of the touch screen corresponding to the text, the mapping component transmits a query including the location of the mobile device and the location of the icon to the online mapping service, and wherein, in response to the query, the touch screen displays in a second user interface of the second non-browser application a second map of the location of the mobile device, the location of the icon and a route between the location of the mobile device and the location of the icon.