Methods, devices and computer software for facilitating searching and display of locations relevant to a digital map

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11720574
APP PUB NO 20160078037A1
SERIAL NO

14785370

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A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising data processing means and a data repository containing: data records representative of locations relevant to or within a digital map; and data representative of an index associating words contained in the data records with the records in which those words appear. The device further comprises means for, in relation to a received search query including a search string, processing the search string to provide one or more search words; querying the index to identify data records containing the or each search word; and generating a rank for each of the one or more identified data records indicative of the relevance of each identified data record to the search query.

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TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B VDE RUIJTERKADE 154 AMSTERDAM 1011 AC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bogdan, Adrian Catalin Amsterdam, NL 4 30
de, Boer Michel Loenen aan de Vecht, NL 6 97
Doorduyn, Mathieu M B Utrecht, NL 4 0
Hol, Maurits Amsterdam, NL 4 30
Tertoolen, Simone Francine Rotterdam, NL 12 196
Viddeleer, Marc Alexander Almere, NL 4 30
Voogt, Joost Cornelis Frederik Utrecht, NL 4 30
Willemstein, Ruud Eemnes, NL 4 30
Wolf, Martin Veenendaal, NL 53 262
Ziezold, Hendrik Sebastian Amsterdam, NL 11 139

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