Patent ID: 9047691
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G01C,G06F,G06T,G09B,Y02D

Abstract:
1. For a device running a mapping application that includes a display area for displaying a map on a touch-sensitive display screen of the device and a set of graphical user interface (GUI) items, a method for providing routes, the method comprising: displaying a route on the displayed map between a starting location and a destination location; and displaying a plurality of movable GUI items, each GUI item for providing a maneuvering instruction to guide a user through the route, each maneuvering instruction associated with a region of the map, wherein when a first movable GUI item that provides a first maneuvering instruction is displayed, a first region of the map that is associated with the first maneuvering instruction is displayed on the display area, and wherein when a second movable GUI item that provides a second maneuvering instruction is displayed, a second region of the map that is associated with the second maneuvering instruction is displayed on the display area, wherein the first movable GUI item moves out of the display area and the second movable GUI item moves into the display area in response to the user performing a swipe gesture on the first region of the map to display the second region of the map on the touch-sensitive display screen.