US Patent 7730389 System for automatically integrating a digital map system

Patent 7730389 was granted and assigned to Google on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Google

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7730389

Date of Patent

June 1, 2010

Patent Application Number

10995629

Date Filed

November 22, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Adam M. Queler

Patent abstract

A method and system for integrating a digital map system with a source document is disclosed including detecting a location description in the source document, and replacing the detected location description with a hyperlink linking to a depiction of the location description. Another embodiment may include a method and system for integrating a digital map system with a source document including detecting a location description in a source document, verifying that the location description describes an actual location, and integrating a hyperlink linking a depiction of the location description into the source document.