Patent ID: 7945546
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G01C,G06F,G09B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving on a mobile device a search query associated with a geographic location; receiving, at the mobile device, one or more search results responsive to the search query, the search results each being associated with the geographic location; presenting a map overlaid with icons on a graphical display of the mobile device, wherein the map represents the geographic location, wherein each icon is positioned overlaid on the map to designate a location of a corresponding of the search results and each icon also corresponds to an input key on the mobile device, and wherein each icon has a visible label that matches a visible label on the corresponding input key; receiving, at the mobile device, a user selection of a first of the input keys, the first of the input keys having a first visible label that matches the visible label on a corresponding first of the icons designating the location of a corresponding first of the search results; and presenting, by the mobile device in response to the user selection of the first of the input keys, initial textual or graphical information about the first of the search results.