Patent ID: 9268790
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a processor device to: determine a search area range to search image data based on character string information input at an external apparatus and provided over a communication network; acquire map information based on the search area range; acquire first image data based on the search area range; control transmission to the external apparatus, over the communication network, of display data for displaying a map image corresponding to the map information and the first image data on a display device corresponding to the external apparatus; receiving, after the transmission of the display data, changed search area range information, in which a basis of the changed search area range information is on the map information and vertical and horizontal screen display coordinates indicating a frame from a resizing operation in relation to a screen display of the map image, from the external apparatus over the communication network; and acquiring second image data based on the changed search area range information.