LOCATION AWARE RECOMMENDATION ENGINE
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1. A method for ranking recommendations for a pedestrian environment, comprising:
- receiving a search request; and
in response to the search request;
determining one or more search results associated with the pedestrian environment;
determining a location of a mobile station associated with the search request;
ranking at least a portion of the one or more search results based at least in part on the location of the mobile station and at least one of;
location associated with the at least a portion of the one or more search results, and/or accessibility criteria.
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Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a location aware recommendation engine. In response to a recommendation request, relevant recommendations may be ranked based on the current location of a user, location associated with an entity, and/or accessibility criteria.
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1. A method for ranking recommendations for a pedestrian environment, comprising:
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receiving a search request; and in response to the search request; determining one or more search results associated with the pedestrian environment; determining a location of a mobile station associated with the search request; ranking at least a portion of the one or more search results based at least in part on the location of the mobile station and at least one of;
location associated with the at least a portion of the one or more search results, and/or accessibility criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for ranking recommendations for a pedestrian environment, comprising:
a processing unit configured to; receive a search request; and in response to the search request; determine one or more search results associated with the pedestrian environment; determine a location of a mobile station associated with the search request; rank at least a portion of the one or more search results based at least in part on the location of the mobile station and at least one of;
location associated with the at least a portion of the one or more search results, and/or accessibility criteria.- View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for ranking recommendations for a pedestrian environment, comprising:
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means for receiving a search request; means for determining one or more search results associated with the pedestrian environment in response to the search request; means for determining a location of a mobile station associated with the search request; and means for ranking at least a portion of the one or more search results based at least in part on the location of the mobile station and at least one of; location associated with the at least a portion of the one or more search results, and/or accessibility criteria. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which are adapted to direct a processing unit to perform ranking of recommendations for a pedestrian environment, the instructions comprising:
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code to receive a search request; and code to; in response to the search request; determine one or more search results associated with the pedestrian environment; determine a location of a mobile station associated with the search request; rank at least a portion of the one or more search results based at least in part on the location of the mobile station and at least one of;
location associated with the at least a portion of the one or more search results, and/or accessibility criteria.
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