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DETERMINING TRAVEL ROUTES BY USING AUCTION-BASED LOCATION PREFERENCES

  • US 20110087430A1
  • Filed: 10/14/2009
  • Published: 04/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method of determining a recommended route that includes a location as a result of an auction, said method comprising:

  • receiving a request from a user for a determination of a route from a first point to a second point;

    selecting a plurality of locations capable of being included along a plurality of routes from said first point to said second point, wherein said selecting said plurality of locations is based on said request;

    initiating an auction among a plurality of vendors that submits a plurality of bids in said auction, wherein said vendors and said bids are associated in a one-to-one correspondence;

    determining that a vendor of said plurality of vendors wins said auction based on a bid of said plurality of bids, wherein said bid is associated with said vendor;

    a processor of a computer system determining said route (determined route) so that a location of said plurality of locations is included along said determined route, wherein said location is associated with said vendor that wins said auction based on said bid; and

    presenting said determined route to said user as said recommended route.

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