NAVIGATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING LOCAL SEARCH DATA

摘要

A navigational computer system and method are provided for presenting local search data according to travel time to points of interest. The navigational computer system comprises a selection engine in communication with a database of points of interest. In response to a user request for a list of points of interest from within a class or type of points of interest, the selection engine is configured to identify and rank points of interest from amongst the class according to estimated travel times for the user to those points of interest. A user equipped with a mobile device or other user interface unit may select search parameters which are provided to the selection engine as a search query. The selection engine provides a list in ranked order of suitable points of interest to the user interface unit. The navigational computer system and method allow a user to search for points of interest based on estimated travel time to those points of interest.

主权项

1. A navigational computer method for presenting local search data to a user using a user interface unit, the method comprising:
a selection engine obtaining from the user interface unit a search query for a class of candidate locations; the selection engine identifying in a candidate locations database a plurality of candidate locations from the class; the selection engine requesting and obtaining from a routing engine an estimated travel time for the user to each of the identified plurality of candidate locations from a starting location; the selection engine ranking the identified plurality of candidate locations according to the estimated travel time to each of the identified plurality of candidate locations; and the selection engine providing to the user interface unit a list of the identified plurality of candidate locations ordered according to the ranking.