Mobile recommendation and reservation system
First Claim
1. A method for assisting selection of a resource in response to a request from a requestor at a current time, the method being performed by an electronic circuit, the requestor being a driver of a vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle position, the method comprising:
- augmenting the request with augmentation data, the augmentation data including position data, route plan data, social network data, and traffic data, the position data being the vehicle position;
identifying available resources by searching a computer network using a wireless connection, the available resources being limited to those in a spatial area determined using the position data;
ranking the available resources using preference data so as to identify one or more candidate resources, at least part of the preference data being collected from an on-line social network using the wireless connection to the computer network; and
providing the one or more candidate resources to the requestor, so as to assist selection of the resource,the requestor being an occupant of a vehicle, the position data being vehicular position data,the request including a time of resource need, the spatial area being determined using the position data and the time of resource need,the spatial area being determined using the current time, the time of resource need, and a driving range possible within the time to the resource need determined using the traffic data.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for assisting a requestor to identify and reserve a resource that meets the need of the requestor'"'"'s request. For example, a request can be augmented using augmentation data, such as current position and requestor preferences, and resources are located and ranked according to their match against the augmented request. A person who is the requestor may engage in another attention demanding task, such as driving a car, while resources well matched to preferences are located. Preference data may be determined from social network data, a preference file, and/or other sources.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for assisting selection of a resource in response to a request from a requestor at a current time, the method being performed by an electronic circuit, the requestor being a driver of a vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle position, the method comprising:
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augmenting the request with augmentation data, the augmentation data including position data, route plan data, social network data, and traffic data, the position data being the vehicle position; identifying available resources by searching a computer network using a wireless connection, the available resources being limited to those in a spatial area determined using the position data; ranking the available resources using preference data so as to identify one or more candidate resources, at least part of the preference data being collected from an on-line social network using the wireless connection to the computer network; and providing the one or more candidate resources to the requestor, so as to assist selection of the resource, the requestor being an occupant of a vehicle, the position data being vehicular position data, the request including a time of resource need, the spatial area being determined using the position data and the time of resource need, the spatial area being determined using the current time, the time of resource need, and a driving range possible within the time to the resource need determined using the traffic data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for assisting selection of a resource in response to a request from a requestor, the method being performed by an electronic circuit, the requestor being an occupant of a vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle position, the method comprising:
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augmenting the request with augmentation data, the augmentation data including position data, route plan data, social network data, and traffic data, the position data being the vehicle position; identifying available resources within a spatial area, the spatial area being determined using a future vehicle position, the future vehicle position being determined using vehicle heading data; ranking the resource candidates using preference data, the preference data being determined at least in part from an on-line social network; and presenting one or more highly ranked resources to the requestor, so as to assist selection of the resource. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for assisting selection of a resource, the apparatus comprising:
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an interface, including a request input operable to receive a request for the resource, the request including a time of resource need; a modem, operable to connect to an information network;
a clock, providing a time of request; andan electronic circuit, operable to augment the request with augmentation data, the augmentation data including position data, route plan data, social network data, and traffic data, the social network data being retrieved from the information network using the modem, the electronic circuit being further operable to initiate a search for available resources within a spatial area, the electronic circuit being further operable to compare available resources with preference data so as to determine a candidate resource; the preference data being determined at least in part from an on-line social network, the on-line social network being accessible through the information network, the apparatus being located within a vehicle, the spatial area being determined using the time of request, the time of resource need, and a driving range possible within the time to the resource need. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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