METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING INTEREST CONTENTS BASED ON TRAVEL ROUTE INFORMATION

• US 20120016577A1
• Filed: 07/14/2011
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: KIM, Kyoung Wook, PARK, Ji Hye
• Application Number:
  US13/182,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20120016577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3476 using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem

Abstract

Provided is a method and system for determining interest content that may provide an actual travel route of a terminal. The method and system for determining interest content may search for a travel route from a terminal to an interest content point based on location information of the terminal and location information of the interest content, may generate an interest content list including interest contents according to the found travel route, and may display the generated interest content list.

Claims

1. A method of determining interest content, the method comprising:

searching for a travel route from a terminal to an interest content point based on location information of the terminal and location information of the interest content;

generating an interest content list based on at least one found travel route; and

displaying the generated interest content list on the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching comprises searching for the travel route based on location information of the terminal, location information of the interest content, and an obstacle present in the travel route from the terminal to the interest content point.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching comprises searching for the travel route for each travel mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching comprises:

extracting interest content corresponding to a regional code of a keyword based on location information of the interest content;

determining a location of the terminal based on location information of the terminal;

calculating a travel distance from the terminal to an interest content point of the extracted interest content based on the determined location of the terminal and location information of the extracted interest content; and

calculating a travel time from the terminal to the interest content point of the extracted interest content based on the determined location of the terminal and location information of the extracted interest content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein generating the interest content list further comprises sorting interest contents in an ascending order of at least one of the travel distance and the travel time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises displaying interest contents of the generated interest content list, based on a display range unit that is input via the terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

connecting the terminal to user selected interest content selected from interest contents of the displayed interest content list.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying content information of user selected interest content selected from interest contents of the displayed interest content list.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises displaying, on a map, marks expressing interest contents included in the interest content list.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program to implement the method of claim 1.

11. A system for determining interest content, the system comprising:

a travel route search unit to search for a travel route from a terminal to an interest content point based on location information of the terminal and location information of the interest content;

an interest content list generator to generate an interest content list based on at least one found travel route; and

a content display unit to display the generated interest content list on the terminal.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the travel route search unit searches for the travel route based on location information of the terminal, location information of the interest content, and an obstacle present in the travel route from the terminal to the interest content point.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the travel route search unit searches for the travel route for each travel mode.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the travel route search unit comprises:

an extractor to extract interest content corresponding to a regional code of a keyword based on location information of the interest content;

a terminal location determining unit to determine a location of the terminal based on location information of the terminal;

a travel distance calculator to calculate a travel distance from the terminal to an interest content point of the extracted interest content based on the determined location of the terminal and location information of the extracted interest content; and

a travel time calculator to calculate a travel time from the terminal to the interest content point of the extracted interest content based on the determined location of the terminal and location information of the extracted interest content.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the interest content list generator generates the interest content list of interest contents sorted in an ascending order of at least one of the travel distance and the travel time.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the content display unit displays interest contents included in the generated interest content list, based on a display range unit that is input via the terminal.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the content display unit connects the terminal to user selected interest content selected from interest contents included in the displayed interest content list.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the content display unit displays content information of user selected interest content selected from interest contents included in the displayed interest content list.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the content display unit displays, on a map, marks expressing interest contents included in the interest content list.