ORGANIZATION OF SEARCH RESULTS BASED UPON AVAILABILITY OF RESPECTIVE PROVIDERS COMPRISED THEREIN

• US 20130226915A1
• Filed: 02/29/2012
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inrix Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Inrix Incorporated
• Inventors: Scofield, Christopher L., Schwebel, William J., Foreman, Kevin, Parikh, Kush G.
• Application Number:
  US13/407,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20130226915A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/724
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing search results for presentation as a function of the availability of respective providers comprised in the search results. For example, a user may perform a search for local groceries stores and stores within a 5 miles geographic radius of the user may be identified and filtered/distinguished as a function of the availability of respective stores. Such availability may be a function of whether respective stores are open or closed at the time of the search, whether respective stores are expected to be open or closed at an estimated time of arrival (e.g., based upon travel time from the user'"'"'s location at the time of the search to respective stores), and/or parking considerations (e.g., parking availability, type of parking, and/or parking cost) at respective stores.

Claims

1. A method for providing one or more search results comprising:

receiving a query;

determining a location of a user performing the query; and

providing one or more search results for presentation based upon the query, the search results indicative of one or more providers within at least one of a temporal and a geographic proximity of the location, and the search results provided as a function of whether the one or more providers are available.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising determining whether the one or more providers are available based upon whether respective providers are open or closed when the search results are being provided for presentation.

3. The method of claim 2, providing the one or more search results for presentation comprising distinguishing one or more providers are open from one or more providers that are closed.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising estimating a time of arrival to respective providers based upon the determined location of the user and respective locations of the providers.

5. The method of claim 3, comprising determining whether the one or more providers are available based upon whether respective providers are expected to be opened or expected to be closed at the estimated time of arrival to the respective providers.

6. The method of claim 5, providing the one or more search results for presentation comprising distinguishing one or more providers that are expected to be open at the estimated time of arrival from one or more providers that are expected to be closed at the estimated time of arrival.

7. The method of claim 4, estimating the time of arrival to respective providers comprising:

mapping respective routes from the determined location of the user to respective locations of the providers;

determining at least one of current and predicted future traffic patterns along respective routes; and

estimating the time of arrival to respective providers based upon at least one of the current and predicted future traffic patterns.

8. The method of claim 7, comprising determining whether the one or more providers are available based upon whether respective providers are expected to be opened or expected to be closed at the estimated time of arrival given at least one of the current and predicted future traffic patterns.

9. The method of claim 1, providing the one or more search results for presentation comprising distinguishing one or more providers that are at least one of open and expected to be open at an estimated time of arrival for the user.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising determining whether the one or more providers are available based upon parking considerations at respective providers.

11. The method of claim 10, the parking considerations comprising at least one of:

availability of parking;

type of parking; and

monetary cost associated with parking.

12. The method of claim 1, providing the one or more search results for presentation comprising providing the one or more search results for presentation on a mobile device.

13. A system, comprising

a query receiving component configured to receive a query;

a location determining component configured to determine a location of a user performing the query; and

a search provider component configured to provide one or more search results for presentation based upon the query, the search results indicative of one or more providers within at least one of a temporal and a geographic proximity of the location, and the search results provided as a function of whether the one or more providers are available.

14. The system of claim 13, comprising a provider component configured determine times when respective providers are at least one of open and closed, and the search provider component configured to determine whether the one or more providers are available based upon whether respective providers are open or closed when the search results are being provided for presentation.

15. The system of claim 13, comprising a route generator component configured to generate respective routes from the determined location of the user to respective locations of the providers and to estimate a time of arrival to respective providers based upon the respective routes.

16. The system of claim 15, comprising a provider component configured determine times when respective providers are at least one of open and closed, and the search provider component configured to determine whether the one or more providers are available based upon whether respective providers are expected to be open at the estimated time of arrival.

17. The system of claim 15, the estimated time of arrival to respective providers taking into consideration at least one of current traffic conditions and predicted future traffic conditions along the respective routes.

18. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed via a processor perform a method comprising:

receiving one or more search results relating to local providers based upon a query; and

providing at least some of the search results for presentation, the search results provided as a function of parking considerations of respective local providers.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, providing the at least some of the search results comprising distinguishing local providers having on-site parking from local providers having merely on-street parking.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 18, the method comprising at least one of:

determining parking availability of respective local providers, and providing at least some of the search results as a function of the determined parking availability, and

predicting parking availability of respective local providers, and providing at least some of the search results as a function of the predicted parking availability.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 18, the method comprising determining parking cost associated with visiting respective local providers, and providing at least some of the search results as a function of determined parking cost.