Patent ID: 8068980
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method performed by one or more network devices, the method comprising: providing a first digital map to a user via a network, the first digital map covering a first geographic region and including visual representations of a first set of entities, which are associated with geographic locations, at their associated geographic locations, where the providing the first digital map is performed by the one or more network devices and where the first set of entities includes one or more of businesses, private residences, or government offices; receiving information, from the user, defining a second geographic region, where the receiving is performed by the one or more network devices, and where the second geographic region is obtained based on the user zooming in on the first digital map, zooming out on the first digital map, or moving the first digital map in one or more of a northerly direction, southerly direction, a westerly direction, or an easterly direction; automatically identifying, in response to obtaining the information, a second set of entities located within an entirety of the second geographic region, where the automatically identifying is performed by the one or more network devices and where the second set of entities includes one or more of businesses, private residences, or government offices; and providing a second digital map to the user via the network, the second digital map encompassing the second geographic region and including visual representations of the second set of identified entities, which are associated with geographic locations, at their associated geographic locations, where the providing the second digital map is performed by the one or more network devices.