Patent ID: 9594499
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M

Claim:
1. A method comprising: initiating, by an apparatus, a rendering of a user interface depicting mapping information, the user interface being included in a user device configured to connect to a communications network; determining, by the apparatus, an initiation of a plurality of hover-based interactions over the user interface; processing, by the apparatus, the hover-based interactions to determine at least one hovering distance change and one or more parameters for one or more spatial searches over the mapping information, the one or more parameters comprising a plurality of search areas for the one or more spatial searches, the hover-based interactions including drawing the search areas via lifting a user finger to or above a predetermined hovering distance before starting drawing a subsequent search area; varying the one or more parameters, the one or more spatial searches, or a combination thereof, in proportion to the at least one hovering distance change; and initiating, by the apparatus, the one or more spatial searches within the plurality of search areas based, at least in part, on the varying.