Portable navigation device point of interest selection based on store open probability

An apparatus, comprising:

• a bus system;
• a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device includes a set of instructions;
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• a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to determine whether a mailing address of a selected candidate point of interest is stored in a data storage device in response to receiving the mailing address of the selected candidate point of interest and a calculated estimated time of arrival at the selected candidate point of interest from a portable navigation device via a network;
• assign a percentage probability that the selected candidate point of interest is accessible to customers for commercial transactions at the calculated estimated time of arrival based on utility usage data and a confidence level value associated with the utility usage data stored in the data storage device in response to determining that the mailing address of the selected candidate point of interest is stored in the data storage device, wherein the confidence level value weights the utility usage data;
• and send the percentage probability that the selected candidate point of interest is accessible to customers for commercial transactions at the calculated estimated time of arrival to the portable navigation device via the network.

A computer program product stored on a computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied thereon for determining a probability that a selected point of interest is accessible to customers for commercial transactions at an estimated time of arrival, the computer program product comprising:

• computer usable program code configured to determine whether a mailing address of a selected candidate point of interest is stored in a data storage device in response to receiving the mailing address of the selected candidate point of interest and a calculated estimated time of arrival at the selected candidate point of interest from a portable navigation device via a network;
• computer usable program code configured to assign a percentage probability that the selected candidate point of interest is accessible to customers for commercial transactions at the calculated estimated time of arrival based on utility usage data and a confidence level value associated with the utility usage data stored in the data storage device in response to determining that the mailing address of the selected candidate point of interest is stored in the data storage device, wherein the confidence level value weights the utility usage data;
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• computer usable program code configured to send the percentage probability that the selected candidate point of interest is accessible to customers for commercial transactions at the calculated estimated time of arrival to the portable navigation device via the network.