Patent Document ID: 9146126
Application ID: 13014977

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, on a graphical user interface, a first user input for a destination; calculating a first route from an origin to the destination; displaying a representation of the first route on the graphical user interface; displaying, on the graphical user interface, an interactive sign icon representative of a real world sign from alongside a first road of the first route from the origin to the destination, wherein the interactive sign icon includes a representation of a second road that leads to the destination; receiving, on the graphical user interface, a second user input for the interactive icon representative of the real world sign; calculating a second route to the destination including the second road from the interactive sign icon, wherein the second route is an alternative route to the destination; and displaying the second route on the graphical user interface.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: calculating a perceived distance of the real world sign; and selecting a position for the interactive sign icon or characters for the interactive sign icon as a function of the perceived distance.