Navigation System and Methods for Generating Enhanced Search Results
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsFrancis Bourque, Sanjay Gupta, Mark Hansen
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Abstract
A navigation system and various methods of using the system are described herein. Search query results generated by the system are listed and prioritized based upon travel related information and contextual information. Intermediary locations can be accessed based upon prioritizing search queries.
Claims25
A navigation system comprising:
- a graphical user interface configured for receiving and displaying travel related data;
- a map database containing geographic related data;
- a historical database containing geographic travel related historical data and contextual travel related historical data;
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- a search engine configured to perform a process for providing ranked search query results, the process comprising the steps of:
- initiating a search query, generating a list of results based upon the search query;
- prioritizing the results based in-part upon data accessed from the historical database and map database, and displaying the list in the interface based upon the prioritizing.
For use in conjunction with a navigation system, a method for conveying enhanced search query results comprising the steps of:
- initiating a search query based at least in part upon a final destination;
- accessing a map database configured for storing geographic information;
- accessing historical travel related information from a relational database;
- accessing contextual travel related information from a relational database;
- generating a list of intermediary destination results based at least in part upon the search query;
- prioritizing the list based at least in part upon historical and contextual travel related information;
- and
- displaying the prioritized results on a navigation system graphical interface.
A navigation system that facilitates conveying enhanced query results, comprising:
- an interface component that receives a query corresponding to geographical destination;
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- a visual component that employs a search result based at least in part upon the query, wherein search results are prioritized based upon historical travel data and travel-based contextual data.
A method of conveying search query results comprising the steps of:
- initiating a search query based at least in part upon a final destination;
- accessing a map database;
- accessing historical travel related information from a database;
- accessing contextual travel related information from a database;
- generating a list of intermediary destination results based at least in part upon the search query, historical travel related information and contextual travel related information;
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- displaying the list on a graphical interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.