Patent ID: 8615257
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: G01C,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for using an electronics device to selectively utilize different display formats to display point of interest information for a set of one or more points of interest depending upon how many points of interest there are in the set, the method comprising: receiving position information and direction information of the electronics device; using an intersection algorithm to identify a set of one or more points of interest that correspond to stored point of interest information; subsequent to identifying the set of one or more points of interest, determining whether the set of one or more points of interest is limited to only a single point of interest or, alternatively, whether the set of one or more points of interest includes a plurality of points of interest; displaying the set of one or more points of interest in a full view when the set of one or more points of interest is determined to be limited to only the single point of interest and in direct response to determining that the set of one or more points of interest is limited to only the single point of interest, and displaying the set of one or more points of interest in a 3-D view when the set of one or more points of interest is determined to include the plurality of points of interest and in direct response to determining that the set of one or more points of interest include the plurality of points of interest; such that the type of view used to display the set of one or more points of interest is directly dependent upon whether the set of one or more points of interest is determined to be limited to only a single point of interest or, alternatively, to include a plurality of points of interest.