Method and system for pushing point of interest information

• US 9,341,497 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Baidu Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co. (Baidu Incorporated)
• Inventors: Zhang, Jinjie
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TAN QUANG
• Application Number:
  US14/586,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20150362329A1
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: 701/532, 701/438, 701/426, 701/409, 701/428
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The embodiments of the present invention provide a method for pushing point of interest information, comprising: displaying an electronic map; determining a target point of interest on the electronic map; acquiring an access identification of at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest; and displaying the access identification of the at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest. The embodiments of the present invention also provide a system for pushing point of interest information. According to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, the efficiency of pushing point of interest information can be improved.

Claims

1. A method for pushing point of interest information, comprising:

displaying an electronic map;

determining a target point of interest on the electronic map;

acquiring an access identification of at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest;

displaying the access identification of the at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest;

acquiring a photograph of the target point of interest taken by a photographic device of a relevant terminal; and

sending the photograph of the target point of interest to a server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining the target point of interest comprises:

acquiring a candidate point of interest closest to a relevant terminal on the electronic map according to location information about the terminal and location information about the candidate point of interest;

acquiring a distance threshold value of, and path information about, the candidate point of interest closest to the terminal;

determining whether a distance between the terminal and the candidate point of interest closest to the terminal is less than or equal to the distance threshold value and whether the path information comprises a motion path of the terminal; and

regarding the candidate point of interest closest to the terminal as the target point of interest based upon said determining.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining the target point of interest comprises:

acquiring at least one candidate point of interest closest to a relevant terminal on the electronic map according to location information about the terminal and location information about the candidate point of interest;

acquiring user interest information about a client; and

determining the target point of interest according to the user interest information and the at least one candidate point of interest.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining the target point of interest comprises determining the target point of interest according to a first trigger location on the electronic map.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first trigger location is selected from a group consisting of a finger touch location, a mouse click location and a mouse hover location.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring description information about the target point of interest corresponding to a second trigger location on the electronic map according to the second trigger location and the access identification of the at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest, said acquiring the description information occurring after said displaying the access identification; and

displaying the description information about the target point of interest.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said acquiring the description information comprises at least one of acquiring the description information about the target point of interest prestored in a relevant terminal and downloading the description information about the target point of interest from the server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the description information about the target point of interest comprises at least one of the following formats:

a picture format, an audio format, a video format and a text format.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the description information about the target point of interest comprises at least information selected from a group consisting of a point of interest picture, a point of interest introduction, a point of interest panoramic image and point of interest path information.

10. A system for pushing point of interest information, comprising:

a display unit for displaying an electronic map;

a first processing unit for determining a target point of interest on the electronic map; and

a second processing unit for acquiring an access identification of at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest;

a fourth processing unit for acquiring a photograph of the target point of interest taken by a photographic device of a relevant terminal; and

an output unit for sending the photograph of the target point of interest to a server,

wherein said display unit is configured to display the access identification of the at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said first processing unit is configured for:

acquiring a candidate point of interest closest to a relevant terminal on the electronic map according to location information about the terminal and location information about the candidate point of interest;

acquiring a distance threshold value of, and path information about, the candidate point of interest closest to the terminal;

determining whether a distance between the terminal and the candidate point of interest closest to the terminal is less than or equal to the distance threshold value and whether the path information comprises a motion path of the terminal; and

regarding the candidate point of interest closest to the terminal as the target point of interest based upon said determining.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein said first processing unit is configured for:

acquiring at least one candidate point of interest closest to a relevant terminal on the electronic map according to location information about the terminal and location information about the candidate point of interest;

acquiring user interest information about a client; and

determining the target point of interest according to said user interest information and said at least one candidate point of interest.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein said first processing unit is configured for determining the target point of interest according to a first trigger location on the electronic map.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first trigger location is selected from a group consisting of a finger touch location, a mouse click location and a mouse hover location.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a third processing unit for acquiring description information about the target point of interest corresponding to a second trigger location on the electronic map according to the second trigger location and the access identification of the at least one piece of description information about the target point of interest,

wherein said display unit is further configured for displaying the description information about the target point of interest.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said third processing unit is configured for acquiring description information about the target point of interest prestored in a relevant terminal;

or downloading the description information about the target point of interest from the server.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the description information about the target point of interest comprises at least one of the following formats:

a picture format, an audio format, a video format and a text format.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the description information about the target point of interest comprises information selected from a group consisting of a point of interest picture, a point of interest introduction, a point of interest panoramic image and point of interest path information.