Patent ID: 8060499
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G01C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: using a processor of a communications terminal to retrieve a position of the communications terminal; presenting said position in a spatial orientation metaphor on a display of the communications terminal; using the processor to retrieve a predetermined set of categories comprising objects with location dependent information; using the processor to determine criteria for said objects to be retrieved; using the processor to retrieve said determined objects associated with said set of categories; using the processor to retrieve location dependent information associated with a first object of said determined objects; presenting said first object in said spatial orientation metaphor on the display of the communications terminal; and presenting details of the first object in the spatial orientation metaphor when the processor determines that a distance between said position and said first object is within a predetermined value range, wherein said details include descriptive and contact information; upon selection of the first object, automatically presenting route information from the position of the communications terminal to the first object; retrieving location dependent information associated with a remainder of said objects; presenting said remainder of said objects in said spatial orientation metaphor; refining a number of presented objects where the refining includes entering at least a string of alphanumeric characters and only presenting objects corresponding to the entered string of alphanumeric characters, where a refined list of objects corresponding to the entered string of alphanumeric characters changes as additional characters are added to the string of alphanumeric characters; and overlaying indicators on the spatial orientation metaphor where each indicator originates from and surrounds the position, where the indicators are distinct from the predetermined value range and are arranged to provide distance information at predetermined spaced apart intervals radiating from the position, where the predetermined intervals provide an estimation of a distance between the position and the determined objects.