HOTEL RESULTS INTERFACE

• US 20130031506A1
• Filed: 07/24/2012
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Diaz, Alejandro, Pharies, Stefan H., Connolly, Emmet J., Burrows, Emma, Sagoo, Amar Singh, McCarthy, Andrew J.
• Application Number:
  US13/557,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20130031506A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for information retrieval. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters; obtaining hotel search results responsive to the input; presenting the hotel search results in a first region of a hotel search results interface; receiving a user selected hotel from among the hotel search results; and presenting the user selected hotel in a second region of the hotel search results interface.

Claims

1. A method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters;

obtaining hotel search results responsive to the input;

presenting the hotel search results in a first region of a hotel search results interface having at least two regions, wherein the at least two regions are distinct from each other, and are simultaneously present and nonoverlapping;

receiving a user selected hotel from among the hotel search results; and

presenting information about the user selected hotel in a second region of the hotel search results interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more hotel listings includes an indicator of the relative price of a particular hotel compared to historic prices for that hotel.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting one or more filters in a third region of the hotel search results interface.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user input selecting a hotel from the one or more hotel listings; and

expanding an entry for the selected hotel inline within the one or more hotel listings, wherein the expanded entry displays additional information about the selected hotel.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input selecting a hotel listing from the plurality of hotel listings; and

presenting a hotel card displaying additional hotel information, wherein the hotel card includes one or more of photos, reviews, pricing, or purchasing options for the hotel.

6. A method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters;

receiving hotel search results responsive to the input; and

presenting the hotel search results in a plurality of groups in a hotel search results interface, wherein each group is associated with a group criteria and includes one or more of the hotel search results that satisfies the group criteria.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the group criteria for at least one of the plurality of groups is a rating level for the hotels in the group.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying a hotel card in response to a user selection of a particular hotel listing of the plurality of hotel listings.

9. A method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters;

receiving hotel search results responsive to the input;

presenting the hotel search results in a first region of a hotel search results interface that includes at least two regions, wherein the at least two regions are distinct from each other, and are simultaneously present and nonoverlapping; and

presenting a map of the hotel search results in a second region of the hotel search results interface, wherein the location of each hotel search result is displayed as an icon on the map.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising displaying a gradient overlay to the map such that particular geographic areas identified as having a particular characteristic are displayed brighter than other geographic areas of the map.

11. A system comprising:

one or more memory devices for storing instructions;

one or more processors for executing the instructions stored in the one or more memory devices in order to;

receive an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters;

obtain hotel search results responsive to the input; and

present the hotel search results in a first region of a hotel search results interface that includes at least two regions, wherein the at least two regions are distinct from each other, and are simultaneously present and nonoverlapping;

receive a user selected hotel from among the hotel search results; and

present the user selected hotel in a second region of the hotel search results interface.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the one or more hotel listings includes an indicator of the relative price of a particular hotel compared to historic prices for that hotel.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors further execute instructions to present one or more filters in a third region of the hotel search results interface.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors further execute instructions to:

receive a user input selecting a hotel from the one or more hotel listings; and

expand an entry for the selected hotel inline within the one or more hotel listings, wherein the expanded entry displays additional information about the selected hotel.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors further execute instructions to:

receive an input selecting a hotel from the plurality of hotel listings; and

present a hotel card displaying additional hotel information, wherein the hotel card includes one or more of photos, reviews, pricing, or purchasing options for the hotel.

16. A system comprising:

one or more memory devices for storing instructions;

one or more processors for executing the instructions stored in the one or more memory devices in order to;

receive an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters;

receive hotel search results responsive to the input; and

present the hotel search results in a plurality of groups in a hotel search results interface, wherein each group is associated with a group criteria and includes one or more of the hotel search results that satisfies the group criteria.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the group criteria for at least one of the plurality of groups is a rating level.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors further execute instructions to:

display a hotel card in response to a user selection of a particular hotel listing of the plurality of hotel listings.

19. A system comprising:

one or more memory devices for storing instructions; and

one or more processors for executing the instructions stored in the one or more memory device in order to;

receive an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters;

receive hotel search results responsive to the input;

present the hotel search results in a first region of a hotel search results interface that includes at least two regions, wherein the at least two regions are distinct from each other, and are simultaneously present and nonoverlapping; and

present a map of the hotel search results in a second region of the hotel interface, wherein the location of each hotel search result is displayed as an icon on the map.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors further execute instruction to display a gradient overlay to the map such that particular geographic areas identified as having a particular characteristic are displayed brighter than other geographic areas of the map.