Locating place of lodging along a route
Assigneepriceline.com Incorporated
InventorsJOHN CAINE, MICHAEL DILIBERTO, JONATHAN TAYLOR, SCOTT LAKE
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Abstract
Techniques for locating places of lodging along a route and for displaying information relating to the places of lodging are described. A plurality of search points on a route are selected according to various selection techniques. Performance of a plurality of point searches is caused, where each point search of the plurality of point searches is associated with a respective search point of the plurality of search points and is a search for places of lodging near the respective search point. Search result information relating to at least some point searches of the plurality of point searches is displayed in association with route information relating to the route.
Claims26
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, using a computer, a geographical starting point and a geographical destination point;
- determining, using the computer, a route of a journey by a mode of transportation from the starting point to the destination point;
- identifying, using the computer, a set of one or more recommended items, wherein each of the recommended items is located along the route;
- causing display of two or more navigation directions indicating at least a part of the route;
- causing display, between two of the two or more navigation directions, of a result display item from among the set of one or more recommended items, and information relating to the result display item.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, using a computer, a starting point and a destination point;
- determining, using the computer, a route of a journey by a mode of transportation from the starting point to the destination point;
- causing performance of a search for items near a search point;
- identifying one or more lodging places that are search results of the search;
- causing display of a result display item, which displays information relating to the one or more lodging places, between a first navigation direction for navigating a first turning point on the route and a second navigation direction for navigating a second turning point on the route, and wherein the search point is located between the first turning point and the second turning point.
One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause:
- determining, using a computer, a geographical starting point and a geographical destination point;
- determining, using the computer, a route of a journey by a mode of transportation from the starting point to the destination point;
- identifying, using the computer, a set of one or more recommended items, wherein each of the recommended items is located along the route;
- causing display of two or more navigation directions indicating at least a part of the route;
- causing display, between two of the two or more navigation directions, of a result display item from among the set of one or more recommended items, and information relating to the result display item.
One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause:
- determining, using a computer, a starting point and a destination point;
- determining, using the computer, a route of a journey by a mode of transportation from the starting point to the destination point;
- causing performance of a search for items near a search point;
- identifying one or more lodging places that are search results of the search;
- causing display of a result display item that displays information relating to the one or more lodging places;
- wherein the result display item is caused to display between a first navigation direction for navigating a first turning point on the route and a second navigation direction for navigating a second turning point on the route, and wherein the search point is located between the first turning point and the second turning point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.