Method And Apparatus For Determining Relevant Point Of Interest Information Based Upon Route Of User

• US 20070219706A1
• Filed: 03/15/2007
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Sheynblat, Len
• Granted Patent: US 8,731,821 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and systems for determining the relevance of points of interest for a user are described. An application server receives information about a user'"'"'s location, and velocity, as well as other user preferences, and adjusts a search space and filters points of interest identifying those that are relevant to the user. The relevance of the points of interest are based on the user'"'"'s route, location and velocity.

Claims

1. A method for providing aiding information to a user, the method comprising:

receiving a desired destination from a user;

receiving a current location and a velocity of the user;

calculating routing information to the desired destination and providing the routing information to the user;

receiving desired point of interest information from the user;

identifying points of interest to the user and ranking them according to their relevance to the user based on the user'"'"'s route, location, and velocity; and

wirelessly providing identified points of interest to the user based on the relevance of the points of interest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a desired destination from a user comprises a wireless communication link.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the current location and velocity of the user comprises receiving navigational information about the location and velocity of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein ranking the points of interest comprises ranking the points of interest based on the ease of access to the point of interest by the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein ranking the points of interest comprises ranking the points of interest based on the time of travel to the point of interest by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein ranking the points of interest comprises ranking the points of interest based on the correlation of the location of the point of interest to the route being traveled by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a preference for categories of points of interest from a user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein information about points of interest associated with the user'"'"'s preference are provided to the user.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising using information from the user'"'"'s calendar to rank relevant points of interest.

10. A method for providing aiding information to a user, the method comprising:

receiving a desired destination from a user;

receiving a current location and a velocity of the user;

calculating routing information to the desired destination and providing the routing information to the user;

receiving a preference for a category of points of interest from the user;

identifying points of interest associated with the user'"'"'s preference and ranking them according to their relevance to the user based on the user'"'"'s route, location and velocity; and

wirelessly providing identified points of interest associated with the user'"'"'s preference to the user based on the relevance of the points of interest.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein ranking the points of interest comprises ranking the points of interest based on the ease of access to the point of interest by the user.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein ranking the points of interest comprises ranking the points of interest based on the time of travel to the point of interest by the user.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein ranking the points of interest comprises ranking the points of interest based on the correlation of the location of the point of interest to the route being traveled by the user.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising using information from the user'"'"'s calendar to rank relevant points of interest.

15. A method for receiving aiding information by a user, the method comprising:

providing a desired destination of the user to an application;

providing navigational information about the user'"'"'s current location and velocity to the application;

receiving routing information from the user'"'"'s current location to the desired destination;

wirelessly providing desired point of interest information to the application; and

wirelessly receiving identified points of interest that are ranked according to their relevance to the user based on the user'"'"'s route, location and velocity.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein providing navigational information comprises providing the current location and velocity of the user.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the points of interest are ranked based on the ease of access to the point of interest by the user.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the points of interest are ranked based on the time of travel to the point of interest by the user.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the points of interest are ranked based on a correlation of the location of the point of interest to the route being traveled by the user.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing a preference for categories of points of interest from the user.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing information from the user'"'"'s calendar to the server where it is used to rank relevant points of interest.

22. A method for receiving aiding information by a user, the method comprising:

providing a desired destination from the user to an application;

providing navigational information about a current location and a velocity of the user;

receiving routing information to the desired destination from the application;

wirelessly providing a user preference for a category of points of interest to the application; and

wirelessly receiving point of interest information associated with the user'"'"'s preference based on the user'"'"'s route, location, and velocity.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising using information from the user'"'"'s calendar to determine the relevance of the points of interest.

24. A device, comprising:

a wireless receiver module that receives a desired destination, a current location and velocity, and a point of interest from a user;

a controller module that calculates routing information from the current location to the desired destination, and the controller identifies points of interest along the route of the user and ranks the points of interest according to a relevance of the point of interest to the user based on the user'"'"'s route, location and velocity; and

a wireless transmit module that receives the routing information and relevant points of interest from the controller and transmits the routing and relevant points of interest to the user.

25. The device of claim 24, further comprising a memory module that includes map and geographic data.

26. A device, comprising:

a wireless receiver module that receives a desired destination, a current location and velocity, and a preference for points of interest from a user;

a controller module that calculates routing information from the current location to the desired destination, and the controller identifies points of interest along the route of the user based on the user'"'"'s preference, and ranks the points of interest according to a relevance of the point of interest based on the user'"'"'s route, location and velocity; and

a wireless transmit module that receives the routing information and relevant points of interest from the controller and transmits the routing and relevant points of interest to the user.

27. The device of claim 26, further comprising a memory module that includes map and geographic data.

28. A computer program product, comprising:

computer-readable medium comprising;

code for causing a computer to receive a desired destination from a user;

code for causing a computer to receive a current location and a velocity of the user;

code for causing a computer to calculate routing information to the desired destination and provide the routing information to the user;

code for causing a computer to wirelessly receive desired point of interest information from the user;

code for causing a computer to identify points of interest and to rank them according to their relevance to the user based on the user'"'"'s route, location and velocity; and

code for causing a computer to wirelessly provide points of interest to the user based on the relevance of the points of interest.

29. A computer program product, comprising:

computer-readable medium comprising;

code for causing a computer to provide a desired destination of the user to an application;

code for causing a computer to provide navigational information about the user'"'"'s current location and velocity to the application;

code for causing a computer to wirelessly receive routing information from the user'"'"'s current location to the desired destination;

code for causing a computer to provide desired point of interest information to the application; and

code for causing a computer to wirelessly receive identified points of interest that are ranked according to their relevance to the user based on the user'"'"'s route, location, and velocity.