Patent ID: 6718344
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
A system using data structures for providing map data and data related to said map data at a user terminal, comprising:map data means for storing said map data corresponding to position data, for sending a map data search page to said user terminal, for retrieving said map data according to multiple searching parameters simultaneously entered by a user using said map data search page, said multiple searching parameters including business hours and business name information in addition to a location name, and for displaying at said user terminal only said map data retrieved in response to said searching parameters when said user directly accesses said map data; position data means for storing said position data and first map-related data in accordance with one of said position data and said map data, for sending said position data and first map-related data search page to said user terminal, for retrieving said position data and said first map-related data according to said multiple searching parameters entered by said user using said position data and first map-related data search page, and for displaying at said user terminal only said position data and said first map-related data retrieved according to said multiple searching parameters when said user directly accesses said position data and said first map-related data; guide data means for storing second map-related data, for sending a guide data search page to said user terminal, for retrieving said second map-related data in response to said searching parameters entered by said user using said guide data search page, and for displaying at said user terminal only said second map-related data retrieved according to said multiple searching parameters when said user directly accesses said second map-related data, wherein said guide data means selectively displays map data corresponding to said second map-related data only when said user desires to view said second map-related data and said corresponding map data; and network means for transferring to said map data means, to said position data means, and to said guide data means said searching parameters entered using said map data search page, and for transferring from said map data means said map data, from said position data means said position data and said first map-related data, and from said guide data means said second map-related data and said map data, wherein said map data means, said position data means, and said guide data means are linked together.