Patent Application
20170357678
The present invention relates generally to any internet map application such as Google Map, MapQuest, Baidu Map, QQ MAp, Gaode Map and Soho map etc. It provides a more detailed approach or method to let any users control, manipulate and operate on the markers in the internet maps for both computer web applications and smartphone apps. This invention creates a series of new concepts to cover a variety range of different types of markers. It provides a great convenience for all end users who use all internet maps as their tools.
The markers on the internet map application such as Google Map etc. are commonly icons used to represent any or almost all entities such as business companies, building, street, houses, etc, all markers on the internet have some basic properties such as:
A. icon: to represent what it is to attract users' attention by graphic symbols.
B. Coordinates, ie. Latitude and Longitude in GPS
C. Address such as 1234 Washington square, some street, SomeCity, Some State, Some Country
D. Some maps also provides basic information for the entities such as Google Map Such as Telephone No, Customer feed back, rating etc. in the markers
But so far, all Internet Maps did not have any approach to go further more to provide more detailed information for all entities such as markers with Same Coordinates Same Addresses (ie several business entities reside in same rooms in same building) and markers with Same Coordinates Different Addresses (i.e. several business entities reside in same building but spread in several different rooms or different levels), further more, in all Internet maps, all markers cannot be controlled or manipulated or operated by the end users in both PC web browser or smartphones. The users can ONLY see what the internet maps provides to them, if user wants to know within some certain area, how many business entities it has, what type they are and manipulate on any or some or all of these entities to get better clarity, it is impossible.
So our invention thoroughly solves this issue, our theory and approach successfully solve this problems.
Present invention, the Internet Map Macro Marker Management Theory and Control System, concerns the manipulation and operations on the numerous markers on the internet maps with various browsers while user searching in both computers and smartphones.
The current status for the markers on the internet maps is no control, no rules, no manipulations and no operation for any markers, there is no map or smartphone apps you can add or remove any markers at your will, there is no way or approach to solve the problems to distinguish same coordinates same address, same coordinates different address issues, no way to split whole map into Cartesian coordinate system and put the control on each quadrants to let user focus on specific area and to narrow down to small area so user can easily identify their target with clear clarification.
So our invention is a way to propose a methodology to propose and implement the theory and concepts we defined and solve all these issues.
All users use internet maps daily to browse their targets such as shopping mall, restaurants, places to visit, driving route etc., so in all these activities, markers on the maps play extremely critical roles, but so far until now, all markers are static, ie cannot be operated or manipulated by users, users cannot add any markers, cannot remove any marker, cannot clear any markers in any area they want even though the maps were crowded with huge number of useless markers to distract their attention.
Our invention is purely dynamic solution.
Our invention thoroughly solves these issues. Now all markers on the internet maps are under users' control fully without any problems.
1. Quadrants/Areas in Internet Map
Quadrants are defined as parts of specified areas in the internet map within specified radius. We just split or separate the circled area evenly as four equal parts, same as Cartesian coordinate system, the purpose of the separation of the circle is to make classification and identification simpler and let markers be easily manipulated.
2. Same Coordinate Same Address Group Marker (SCSAGM);
is the marker to represent the markers that all have Same Coordinate & same address, here same coordinate means same latitude and same longitude, for example:
There are 5 companies (company A, B, C, D and E) that use same building with same latitude and same longitude as follows in Google map
{lat: 37.321267, lng: −122.8327083},
They have same address as: 1234 king Road, San Jose, Calif. 95122 etc., in this case, these markers can be identified as Same Coordinate & same address group marker, please see following
3. Same Coordinate Different Address Group Marker (SCDAGM);
is the marker to represent the markers that all have Same Coordinate but different address, here same coordinate means same latitude and same longitude, for example:
There are 5 companies (company A, B, C, D and E) use same building with same latitude and same longitude as follows in Google map {lat: 37.321267, lng: −122.8327083},
They have different address as:
Company A: 1234 king Road room#1, San Jose, Calif. 95122
Company B: 1234 king Road room#2, San Jose, Calif. 95122
Company C: 1234 king Road room#3, San Jose, Calif. 95122
Company D: 1234 king Road room#4, San Jose, Calif. 95122
Company E: 1234 king Road room#5, San Jose, Calif. 95122
etc, in this case, these markers can be identified as Same Coordinate Different Address Group Marker; please see following
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4. Different Coordinate Same Address Group Marker (DCSAGM);
is the marker to represent the markers that all have different Coordinate but same address, here different coordinate means different latitude and different longitude, for example:
There are 5 companies (company A, B, C, D and E) use same building with same address but different latitude and different longitude as follows:
Company A:
Company B:
Company C:
Company D:
Company E:
Etc., in this case, these markers can be identified as Different Coordinate Same Address Group Marker;
Different Coordinate Same Address Group Marker is an ease case and can be easily found in many examples in Google map and in our invention, we did not spend more time on this case.
5. Different Coordinate Different Address Group Marker (DCDAGM);
is the marker to represent the markers that all have different Coordinate and different address, here different coordinate means different latitude and different longitude, for example:
There are 5 companies (company A, B, C, D and E) use different building with different address and different latitude and different longitude as follows:
Company A:
Company B:
Company C:
Company D:
Company E:
Etc., in this case, these markers can be identified as Different Coordinate Different Address Group Marker;
These are most commonly used markers in all internet maps.
Different Coordinate Different Address Group Marker is also an ease case and can be easily found examples in Google map and in our invention.
6. Quadrant/Area Group Marker (QAGM)
It is the marker to represent the markers which fall in 4 different areas within specified quadrants for specified radius respectively. The number on the marker stands for total number of entities in this area. This is our invention to create this marker to display, monitor and control the markers in each quadrant in the map.
these markers can be identified as Quadrant/Area Group Marker (QAGM);
These are not markers used before in all internet maps but invented and created by us.
Advantage of these quadrant control markers is that they can be used to monitor and control all markers within their quadrants/areas. Quadrant/Area Group Marker provides a concise, clean and clear operation and solution to let user to make manipulation on internet markers. Please see
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Quadrant Group marker 1 has No 6; ie in quadrant 1, there are 6 entities/markers
Quadrant Group marker 2 has No 88; ie in quadrant 2, there are 88 entities/markers
Quadrant Group marker 3 has No 9; ie in quadrant 3, there are 6 entities/markers
Quadrant Group marker 4 has No 84; ie in quadrant 4, there are 84 entities/markers
7. Center Master Group Marker (CMGM);
is the marker to represent the markers that are spread in all 4 different areas/quadrants for specified radius. The number on the CMGM marker stands for total number of entities in this whole area. This is our invention to create this marker to display, monitor and control the markers in all 4 quadrants in the map.
This unique marker can be identified as Center Master Group Marker;
Advantage of Center Master Group Marker is that they can be used to monitor and control all markers within all quadrants/areas by entity table associated with it. Center Master Group Marker provides a concise, clean and clear operation and solution to let user to make manipulation on internet markers through entity table. Different from other 4 Quadrant/Area group markers, this marker can provide a outline of all markers in circled area instead of separated ones, so with simple glance, users can easily find how many total entities/companies they circled within specified radius such as 1,2,3,5 or 10 miles.
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8. General Common Marker (GCM);
is the marker to represent each of the individual entities circled within specified radius on the internet map. They are not SCSAGM and SCDAGM markers, It is original marker, It is also most popular markers used on internet so far.
9. Entity:
is business entity to represent a company, a shop or similar item on the internet map;
10. Entity Table;
is a table with some columns and rows to list all business entities and their attributes or properties such as business type, addresses, company name, contact information etc with some criteria selected by user, it is associated with each markers on the map;
The Entity Table creation is used to manipulate all markers on the map, with this Entity Table, user can easily make any operation toward the markers on the internet map.
Each row in the Entity Table is one marker;
Each Column in the Entity Table is one property of the marker;
The Entity Table is the core of the invention to manipulate the markers on the internet maps.
11. Internet Map Macro Marker Management Theory and Control System;
a theory can be summarized as follows:
A. all markers on the internet maps can be manipulated and controlled
B. markers control and manipulation means that they can be added or removed upon users requests
C. Markers control and manipulation are implemented through the entity tables associated with each marker.
D. The entity tables are core part of this theory and system, each row in the entity tables represents One marker or One business Entity, Each Columns in the entity tables represents one of the properties of the marker or the business Entity
E. Marker Management Theory and Control System uses select one, a few of or some and all entities in the table to put 1 or some or all markers on the specific area in the internet map, it uses clear button to clear all markers in specific areas or all areas
F. Marker control and manipulation need some Auxiliary Markers to complete the implementation;
G. Auxiliary Markers are defined as Center Master Group Marker (CMGM), p Quadrant/Area Group Markers (QAGM) etc.;
In the internet map search with specified radius such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 miles in the Android Application initiated and created by us, the circle will round up all entities within this radius, then the markers we created above will be used to perform following operations:
1. Quadrants/Areas in internet Map will be created, whole circle will be split into four equal quadrants, the separation and naming convention are all same as Cartesian coordinates system.
2. Same Coordinate Same Address Group Markers Basic Operations:
3. Same Coordinate Different Address Group Marker Basic Operations;
4. Quadrant/Area Group Marker (QAGM) Basic Operations;
7. Center Master Group Marker (CMGM);
101 Quadrant/Area 1 is same as Quadrant 1 in Cartesian coordinate system;
102 Quadrant/Area 2 is same as Quadrant 2 in Cartesian coordinate system;
103 Quadrant/Area 3 is same as Quadrant 3 in Cartesian coordinate system;
104 Quadrant/Area 4 is same as Quadrant 4 in Cartesian coordinate system;
105 current location or center point is the center to draw the circle;
We use markers with associated Latitude and Longitude to locate their positions
If the distance of a marker with latitude/longitude to the center point's latitude/longitude is less than selected radius and meet following condition:
Case 1: markers within 101 Quadrant/Area 1, they must meet:
Then this marker falls in 102 Quadrant/Area 2;
Case 2: markers within 102 Quadrant/Area 2, they must meet:
Then this marker falls in 102 Quadrant/Area 2;
Case 3: markers within 103 Quadrant/Area 3, they must meet:
Then this marker falls in 103 Quadrant/Area 3;
Case 4: markers within 104 Quadrant/Area 4, they must meet:
Then this marker falls in 104 Quadrant/Area 4;
202 is the column that all 5 markers contained in the entity table have Same Address;
203 is the column that all 5 markers contained in the entity table have Same Coordinates or Lat/Lng;
301 is the marker to indicate in this marker, the number 3 represents 3 business entities that all have same latitude/longitude but different addresses, difference are different entities' names and addresses.
302 is the part of entity table associated with this marker, which has 2 columns: Address and LatLng it lists 3 business entities that all have same latitude/longitude but different addresses, difference are different entities' names and addresses. Each row is ONE entity and each column is properties of entities, from 302, we can see addresses are different but latitude/longitudes are same
303 is detailed part of the entity table, which has 3 columns: Company, Address and LatLng and 3 rows to represent 3 business entities with company names as Rota America, Green Onions Supply For Screen Protector and Kluj Edward G respectively.
401 is the column that the entities have same address
402 is the column that the entities have different Coordinates (Lat/Lng)
It is most popular used marker in the internet map,
501 is the marker of In-N-Out restaurant,
502 is the marker of Costco Wholesale store,
503 is the marker of McDonald fast food, Etc.
is described as Quadrant/Area Group Markers,
For specified radius 1 mile, one circle was drawn and 4 Cartesian coordinate quadrants were created, each area is defined as Quadrant or Area on the internet map. Here we can see four different Quadrant/Area Group Markers on the circle,
601 is Quadrant Group marker 1 and it has number 6 of various markers within this area;
602 is Quadrant Group marker 2 and it has number 88 of various markers within this area;
603 is Quadrant Group marker 3 and it has number 9 of various markers within this area;
604 is Quadrant Group marker 4 and it has number 84 of various markers within this area;
It is described as Center Master Group Marker (CMGM),
For specified radius 1 mile, within the circle drawn, 701 is CMGM marker and it has number of 187 various markers within this whole area (including all four/4 quadrants/areas);
CMGM marker can let user to control all markers at top level layer, instead of stepping into each marker's deep layer.
It is same as Different Coordinate Different Address Marker (DCDAM)
It is most popular used marker in the internet map,
801 is the marker of In-N-Out restaurant,
802 is the marker of Costco wholesale store,
803 is the marker of McDonald fast food, Etc.
901 is the row (grayed out) in the entity table that represents ONE business entity on the internet map. Each entity has many properties such as name, type, address, phone, website etc.
Each property in the entities represents One Column in the entity table.
It is described as the Entity Table that contains all entities;
Item 1001 indicates that the Entity Table can be manipulate as:
A. all markers have their own Entity Table associated with them, there are 3 different markers belong to 2 types of following:
B. Same kinds of markers have same type of the Entity Table structures, different kinds of markers have different type of the Entity Table structures,
C. Different types of the Entity Table structures mean that the Entity Tables may have different columns and different numbers of rows and different control buttons.
all markers have their own Entity Tables associated with them.
D. Vertical scroll bar in the entity table can be used to scroll down and up to search any entities in the entity table.
E. Horizontal scroll bar in the entity table can be used to scroll left and right to display all columns of the entities in the entity table.
F. Exit button, check all button, Uncheck all button etc. in the table can be used to select all or uncheck any entities in the table and confirm selection/uncheck.
G. Manual selection is available to select 1 or a few or all or any entities in the table
H. All selected entity's markers will be displayed on the map after confirm button pressed.
1101 shows different company names,
1102 shows different Address but
1103 shows same coordinates
1201 has 2 more buttons: 1 is ClearArea and 1 is ShowArea,
ClearArea clears all markers in current area/quadrants, if now it is in Quadrant 1, so markers in Quadrant 1 will be removed. All markers in Quadrant 2, Quadrant 3 and Quadrant 4 still remain untouched.
Same thing, if ShowArea button pressed, only markers in Quadrant 1 will be displayed on the map, other areas untouched.
1301 shows all new control buttons in the entity table;
1302 shows part of the entity table associated with the Center Master Group Marker,
1303 is vertical scroll bar to see whole entity table
1401 represents the control buttons in the entity table.
1402 represents the entities selected in the checkbox, scroll bars can be used to see all other parts in the entity table.
1403 represents the scroll bar in the entity table, it can be used to scroll up and down to view all entities in the entity table
1404 represents the Center Master Group Marker with total number of marker of 187 in circled 1 mile radius
It shows the flow chart of Internet Map Macro Marker Management Theory and Control System.
1501 represents the start status, from here, user can prepare to send a request to service provider to get all the entities data back by select proper radius.
1502 represents the users' actual operation from the Android App UI, select specific radius, then send request to service provider, then get data back,
1503 then as per this invention defined rules, all entities data will be classified and grouped into all different kinds of markers and different group.
1504 represents that as per standards set by the theory and invention, some markers are grouped into the Same Coordinate Same Address Group Marker (SCSAGM); then the entity tables are associated with each SCSAGM marker to let user can add/remove any, some or all business entities in the internet map;
1505 represents that as per standards set by the theory and invention, some markers are grouped into the Same Coordinate Different Address Group Marker (SCDAGM); then the entity tables are associated with each SCSAGM marker to let user can add/remove any, some or all business entities in the internet map;
1506 represents that as per standards set by the theory and invention, some markers are grouped into the Quadrant/Area Group Marker (QAGM); then the entity tables are associated with each QAGM marker to let user can add/remove any, some or all business entities in each quadrant/area in the internet map;
1507 represents that as per standards set by the theory and invention, all other markers are defined as Center Master Group Marker (CMGM); then the entity tables are associated with each CMGM marker to let user can add/remove any, some or all business entities in all 4 quadrant/areas in the internet map;
1508 represents that as per standards set by the theory and invention, all other markers are defined as General Common Marker (GCM); then the entity tables are associated with each GCM marker in its deep layer pages to let user can add/remove any, some or all business entities in all 4 quadrant/area in the internet map;
1509 represents the end, all operations done.
