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Navigation system and methods for generating enhanced search results

  • US 10,527,442 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2015
  • Issued: 01/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation system comprising:

  • a graphical user interface configured for receiving input and displaying content; and

    a processor for executing a search engine to provide search query results, the processor configured to;

    receive, via the graphical user interface, an input for a final destination,initiate a search query based on the final destination,identify, from travel related data stored in a database and based upon the search query, a plurality of points of interest (POIs) associated with the final destination,identify a plurality of sub-search categories associated with the plurality of POIs,cause the graphical user interface to display (i) the plurality of POIs, and (ii) a plurality of icons, wherein the plurality of icons are respectively visually representative of the plurality of sub-search categories,after causing the graphical user interface to display the plurality of POIs and the plurality of icons, receive a keyword via the graphical user interface,identify a refined list of POIs of the plurality of POIs based on (i) the keyword and (ii) proximity metrics to the final destination, andcause the graphical user interface to display (i) the refined list of POIs, and (ii) for each POI in the refined list of POIs, a proximity metric of the proximity metrics.

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