Patent ID: 8990013
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G01C,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a search item in a portable terminal, comprising: identifying, in response to a request for the search item, location information of the search item; sorting the identified location information according to a preset rule; displaying a mode altering menu on a physical display unit, with the mode altering menu displaying options for selecting an address mode and a user mode; receiving, through the mode altering menu, a display mode selection input; identifying the received display mode selection, wherein, when the selected display mode is the address mode, a physical controller displays a number of maps in a sequence of map scales based on a hierarchy of address identifiers, and wherein, when the selected display mode is the user mode, the physical controller displays a sequence of map scales corresponding to a sequence of travel times, starting from a first map scale of the sequence of map scales showing a radial range of geographic area around the search item, such that the search item is substantially in the center of the radial range of the geographic area, defined by a first travel time of the sequence of travel times, and ending with a last map scale of the sequence of map scales showing the radial range of geographic area around the search item defined by a last travel time of the sequence of travel times, each travel time in each map scale of the sequence being calculated by dividing a total travel time by the number of maps in the sequence; and displaying, by the physical display unit, the sorted location information according to the identified display mode.