Point of interest (POI) navigation search using business hours
OwnerVijay Karaniinventor
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Abstract
Point of interest (POI) navigation uses search results displayed based both on the current time of day, as well as matching business hours of operation of the displayed POI. In this way, as desired by appropriate menu selection, only businesses that are currently open (or open at an estimated time of arrival (TOA)) are displayed as relevant POIs. The mobile device navigation system considers an approximate time of arrival (TOA) to each relevant POI, and determines whether each POI is open or otherwise usable by the user of the device. The mobile device navigation system may display a POI result identifying the farthest POI meeting given criteria that would be open at the estimated time of arrival, along a preplanned route, or within range of the onboard fuel.
Claims17
A method of providing hour-based navigation to a physical navigation device, comprising:
- identifying a plurality of physical points-of-interest (POI) based on navigation search criteria;
- retrieving hour-based information relating to each of said plurality of physical POI;
- displaying a time of estimated time of arrival to said retrieved hour-based information, together with hour-based information for each of said plurality of physical POI;
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- filtering said plurality of physical POI to a sub-plurality of physical POI meeting a useable hour-based status.
A method of providing hour-based navigation to a physical navigation device, comprising:
- identifying a plurality of physical points-of-interest (POI) based on navigation search criteria;
- retrieving hour-based information relating to each of said plurality of physical POI;
- comparing an estimated time of arrival (TOA) to said retrieved hour-based information for each of said physical plurality of POI to determine an hour-based status of each of said plurality of physical POI when said physical navigation device would arrive at each of said physical plurality of POI;
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- filtering said plurality of physical POI to a sub-plurality of physical POI suitably meeting an hour-based status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.