Patent ID: 9164655
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G01C,G06F,G09B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a computing system, a search query that was entered by user input at a computing device; identifying, by the computing system, a plurality of search results that are responsive to the search query and that identify a plurality of businesses and a plurality of geographical locations of the plurality of businesses; determining, by the computing system and in response to having received the search query, a particular zoom level at which the computing device should present an image of a map, from among a collection of different zoom levels at which the computing device is able to present respective images of the map, wherein determining the particular zoom level includes: sending, by the computing system, information so as to cause the image of the map at the particular zoom level to be provided for presentation by the computing device; and sending, by the computing system and for receipt by the computing device, information so as to cause the computing device to overlay the image of the map at the particular zoom level with the graphical indications of the multiple search results, positioned on the image of the map at locations of multiple businesses of the plurality of businesses.