Patent ID: 9651392
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G01C,G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing to a user geographical mapping information relating to a trip from a start location to a destination location, the method including: receiving, from a user's electronic device and over a network, user input data including at least the destination location; generating and displaying a route from the start location to the destination location on an electronic map based on the user input data, the generated route having a movable icon movable by the user to any location on the generated route; receiving, from the user's electronic device, by the user dragging the movable icon along the generated route, an indicated location of the movable icon on the generated route; determining a selected location as a location of a highway exit located closest to the indicated location of the movable icon, the selected location being different from the indicated location; determining and displaying on the electronic map, one or more points of interest within a received range of the selected location of the movable icon along the generated route; receiving, from the user's electronic device, 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, on the user's electronic device, the modified route with the selected at least one of the one or more points interest as one or more stops along the modified route, wherein the start location is determined based on the location of the user's electronic device.