Method and system for continuous, dynamic, adaptive recommendation based on a continuously evolving personal region of interest

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to:
• receive a search request;
• determine a region of interest for a user based at least in part on one or more of the user's current or projected location, a time, a history of the user's location, and interaction with the system, or a current context for the search request;
• search a database to determine points of interest within the region that meet a set of constraints;
• and
• provide a search result in response to the search request to enable a display device to display one or more of the points of interest.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving a search request;
• determining a set of points of interest such that inclusion of a point of interest in the set of points of interest is based at least in part on a distance and a heuristic related to the point of interest;
• and
• providing a search result that indicates at least a subset of the set of points of interest in response to the search request.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• receive a search request;
• select a set of points of interest that comprises a first point of interest and a second point of interest, the first point of interest having a first heuristic value and a first distance from a reference point, the second point of interest having a second distance from the reference point, the first heuristic value being insufficient for inclusion in the set of points of interest at the second distance from the reference point;
• and
• provide a search result that indicates at least a subset of the set of points of interest in response to the search request.