Patent ID: 9110573
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G01C,G06F,G09B

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for efficiently changing viewports for viewing digital maps, the method comprising: displaying, for a certain user via a user interface, a digital map in a current viewport; receiving viewport parameters that indicate geographic centers and zoom levels for a plurality of viewports, wherein each of the plurality of viewports is personalized independently of every other one of the plurality of viewports and determined based on at least one of: (i) how much time the user spent viewing the digital map within the viewport, (ii) how many times the user selected the viewport, or (iii) how many searches the user performed within the viewport; displaying respective viewport indicators for the plurality of viewports, including centering each viewport indicator on the digital map at the geographic center of the corresponding viewport; and in response to one of the viewport indicators being selected via the user interface, automatically displaying the digital map in the viewport corresponding to the geographic center and the zoom level of the selected viewport indicator.