Patent Document ID: 9784591
Application ID: 14448369
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method in a client device having a user interface for displaying geographic location information, the method comprising: causing the user interface to display an interactive digital map and a geographic location within the interactive digital map; detecting, via the user interface, a selection of the geographic location; determining, by one or more processors, that there is not an important access road associated with the geographic location; and in response to determining that there is not at least one important access road associated with the geographic location: associating the geographic location with a geographic area proximate to the geographic location, the geographic area having a boundary, determining at least one important access road that extends from outside the boundary of the geographic area to a point on the boundary of the geographic area, wherein the at least one important access road has a frequency of use that exceeds a predefined threshold, determining at least one route from the point on the boundary of the geographic area to the geographic location, and causing the user interface to display, in a visual style within the interactive digital map, (i) the at least one important access road from outside the boundary of the geographic area to the point on the boundary of the geographic area, and (ii) the at least one route.