Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Navigation – Employing position determining equipment
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-14
2011-06-14
Camby, Richard M. (Department: 3661)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Navigation
Employing position determining equipment
C340S995140
Reexamination Certificate
active
07962281
ABSTRACT:
Digital tile-based mapping techniques are disclosed that enable efficient online serving of aesthetically pleasing maps. In one particular embodiment, an image tile-based digital mapping system is configured for generating map tiles during an offline session, and serving selected sets of those tiles to a client when requested. Also provided are solutions for handling map labels and other such features in a tile-based mapping system, such as when a map label crosses map tile boundaries. Various processing environments (e.g., servers or other computing devices) can be employed in the system.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4972319 (1990-11-01), DeLorme
patent: 5051928 (1991-09-01), Gruters
patent: 5263136 (1993-11-01), DeAguiar et al.
patent: 5396254 (1995-03-01), Toshiyuki
patent: 5559707 (1996-09-01), DeLorme et al.
patent: 5613051 (1997-03-01), Iodice et al.
patent: 5646751 (1997-07-01), Motamed et al.
patent: 5710835 (1998-01-01), Bradley
patent: 5737533 (1998-04-01), de Hond
patent: 5760783 (1998-06-01), Migdal et al.
patent: 5802492 (1998-09-01), DeLorme et al.
patent: 5822123 (1998-10-01), Davis et al.
patent: 5848373 (1998-12-01), DeLorme et al.
patent: 5902347 (1999-05-01), Backman et al.
patent: 5910805 (1999-06-01), Hickey et al.
patent: 5938709 (1999-08-01), Hale et al.
patent: 6002809 (1999-12-01), Feig et al.
patent: 6031963 (2000-02-01), Kitamura et al.
patent: 6054990 (2000-04-01), Tran
patent: 6098015 (2000-08-01), Nimura et al.
patent: 6167382 (2000-12-01), Sparks et al.
patent: 6182010 (2001-01-01), Berstis
patent: 6199014 (2001-03-01), Walker et al.
patent: 6208934 (2001-03-01), Bechtolsheim
patent: 6233523 (2001-05-01), Sood
patent: 6266614 (2001-07-01), Alumbaugh
patent: 6278432 (2001-08-01), Ratnakar
patent: 6278938 (2001-08-01), Alumbaugh
patent: 6321158 (2001-11-01), DeLorme et al.
patent: 6331869 (2001-12-01), Furlan et al.
patent: 6337708 (2002-01-01), Furlan et al.
patent: 6404906 (2002-06-01), Bacus et al.
patent: 6522336 (2003-02-01), Yuasa
patent: 6826472 (2004-11-01), Kamei et al.
patent: 7054741 (2006-05-01), Harrison et al.
patent: 7136915 (2006-11-01), Rieger, III
patent: 7158878 (2007-01-01), Rasmussen et al.
patent: 7210119 (2007-04-01), Pothos et al.
patent: 7260474 (2007-08-01), Thayathil et al.
patent: 7353034 (2008-04-01), Haney
patent: 7373244 (2008-05-01), Kreft
patent: 7379811 (2008-05-01), Rasmussen et al.
patent: 7451041 (2008-11-01), Laumeyer et al.
patent: 7542882 (2009-06-01), Agrawala et al.
patent: 7565240 (2009-07-01), Tomizawa
patent: 7580045 (2009-08-01), Harrison et al.
patent: 7610219 (2009-10-01), Sayed
patent: 7617296 (2009-11-01), Bank
patent: 2001/0034661 (2001-10-01), Ferreira
patent: 2001/0044837 (2001-11-01), Talib et al.
patent: 2001/0050999 (2001-12-01), Bacus et al.
patent: 2002/0002478 (2002-01-01), Swart et al.
patent: 2002/0067353 (2002-06-01), Kenyon et al.
patent: 2002/0095328 (2002-07-01), Swart et al.
patent: 2002/0099613 (2002-07-01), Swart et al.
patent: 2002/0159657 (2002-10-01), DeLorme
patent: 2003/0038845 (2003-02-01), Okamura
patent: 2003/0041087 (2003-02-01), Pothos et al.
patent: 2003/0050065 (2003-03-01), Alletson et al.
patent: 2003/0061211 (2003-03-01), Shultz et al.
patent: 2003/0078897 (2003-04-01), Florance et al.
patent: 2003/0182052 (2003-09-01), DeLorme et al.
patent: 2004/0078750 (2004-04-01), Frank
patent: 2004/0128215 (2004-07-01), Florance et al.
patent: 2004/0153434 (2004-08-01), Cogen et al.
patent: 2004/0217980 (2004-11-01), Radburn
patent: 2005/0065856 (2005-03-01), Roberts et al.
patent: 2005/0131634 (2005-06-01), Ignatin
patent: 2005/0171686 (2005-08-01), Davis
patent: 2005/0216287 (2005-09-01), Crosby et al.
patent: 2005/0216448 (2005-09-01), Talib et al.
patent: 2005/0246487 (2005-11-01), Ergan et al.
patent: 2005/0246627 (2005-11-01), Sayed
patent: 2005/0270299 (2005-12-01), Rasmussen et al.
patent: 2006/0123053 (2006-06-01), Scannell
patent: 2006/0173841 (2006-08-01), Bill
patent: 2006/0200383 (2006-09-01), Arutunian et al.
patent: 2006/0241859 (2006-10-01), Kimchi et al.
patent: 2007/0010942 (2007-01-01), Bill
patent: 2007/0022007 (2007-01-01), Lawe
patent: 2007/0050340 (2007-03-01), Von Kaenel et al.
patent: 2007/0073583 (2007-03-01), Grouf et al.
patent: 2007/0073584 (2007-03-01), Grouf et al.
patent: 2007/0080830 (2007-04-01), Sacks
patent: 2007/0100802 (2007-05-01), Celik
patent: 2007/0100867 (2007-05-01), Celik et al.
patent: 2007/0106468 (2007-05-01), Eichenbaum et al.
patent: 2007/0156524 (2007-07-01), Grouf et al.
patent: 2007/0156525 (2007-07-01), Grouf et al.
patent: 2007/0179867 (2007-08-01), Glazer et al.
patent: 2007/0192189 (2007-08-01), Popowich et al.
patent: 2007/0203643 (2007-08-01), Ramaswamy et al.
patent: 2007/0239348 (2007-10-01), Cheung
patent: 2007/0265858 (2007-11-01), Pansari et al.
patent: 2008/0027642 (2008-01-01), Winberry et al.
patent: 2008/0040212 (2008-02-01), Grouf et al.
patent: 2008/0052150 (2008-02-01), Grouf et al.
patent: 2008/0052151 (2008-02-01), Xie et al.
patent: 2010/0185514 (2010-07-01), Glazer et al.
patent: 2169421 (1996-11-01), None
patent: 0967556 (1999-12-01), None
patent: 1193626 (2002-04-01), None
patent: 61-135270 (1986-06-01), None
patent: 2000-029448 (2000-01-01), None
patent: 2002-032280 (2002-01-01), None
patent: 2003-208597 (2003-07-01), None
patent: WO 2000/039755 (2000-07-01), None
Notice of Grounds for Rejection, Japanese Patent Application No. P2007-505107, May 18, 2010, 6 Pages.
First Office Action of China State Intellectual Property Office, Chinese Patent Application No. 200580013512.0, May 8, 2009, 11 Pages.
Second Office Action of China State Intellectual Property Office, Chinese Patent Application No. CN200580013512.0, Oct. 23, 2009, 8 Pages.
First Office Action of China State Intellectual Property Office, Chinese Patent Application No. 200580013912.1, Aug. 28, 2009, 16 Pages.
Supplementary European Search Report, European Patent Application No. EP 05729642.8, May 12, 2010, 5 Pages.
Examination Report for European Patent Application No. EP 05726046.5, Apr. 23, 2010, 4 Pages.
Supplementary European Search Report, European Patent Application No. 05726046.5, Nov. 6, 2008, 3 pages.
Office Action issued by Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Canadian Patent Application No. 2,560,560, Mar. 18, 2009, 2 pages.
Office Action issued by Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Canadian Patent Application No. 2,560,558, Aug. 7, 2009, 3 pages.
Office Action Issued by Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Canadian Patent Application No. 2,560,386, Jun. 23, 2009, 2 pages.
Office Action Issued by Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Canadian Patent Application No. 2,560,386, Oct. 29, 2007, 3 pages.
Office Action dated Jul. 2, 2003, U.S. Appl. No. 09/729,613, 7 pages.
Office Action dated Nov. 26, 2003, U.S. Appl. No. 09/729,613, 7 pages.
Office Action dated Sep. 15, 2003, U.S. Appl. No. 09/768,928, 13 pages.
Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 11/323,603, Jul. 29, 2009, 5 Pages.
Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 11/305,694, Dec. 3, 2009, 12 Pages.
Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 11/088,542, Dec. 3, 2008, 5 pages.
Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/766,077, Jun. 18, 2010, 6 pages.
Amendment and Response, U.S. Appl. No. 09/729,613, Oct. 2, 2003, 13 pages.
Brenner, C., et al., “Extracting Landmarks For Car Navigation Systems Using Existing GIS Databases And Laser Scanning,” ISPRS Archives, Sep. 2003, 6 Pages, vol. XXXIV, Part 3/W8.
Burnett, G.E., ““Turn right at the King's Head” Drivers' requirements for route guidance information,” A Doctoral Thesis of Loughborough University, Nov. 1998, 341 pages, [online] [retrieved on Feb. 22, 2010], Retrieved from the internet <URL: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/14225>.
Burnett, G.E., “Turn right at the traffic lights” The requirement for landmarks in vehicle navigation systems, The Journal of Navigation, 2000, p. 499-510, vol. 53 No. 3.
Davis, J.R., “The Back Seat Driver: Real Time Spoken Driving Instructions,” IEEE, 1989, pp. 146-150.
Yamaichi, R., “We can see web business models of the Windows 2000 era!
Ma Stephen
Rasmussen Jens Eilstrup
Rasmussen Lars Eilstrup
Camby Richard M.
Fenwick & West LLP
Google Inc.
LandOfFree
Generating and serving tiles in a digital mapping system does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Generating and serving tiles in a digital mapping system, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Generating and serving tiles in a digital mapping system will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2694417