Context Enabled Address Selection

Abstract

A system allows a user to select an individual address from the multiple addresses for additional information on that particular address. Multiple addresses can be viewed together on a map for selection purposes. Selection of a particular address can trigger new GUIs for presentation of context information for a particular location to a user. Context information can include differing map views, e.g., map view, satellite view, terrain view, etc., landmarks, photos taken from that particular address, local businesses, telephone numbers for that particular address, etc. Presentation of context information can assist a user in making a more informed decision as to which addresses from multiple presented possible addresses to select. Context information provide criteria to select and / or rule out a particular address.

Description

[0001]The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application 61 / 064,985, entitled “CONTEXT ENABLED ADDRESS SELECTION” to Gill et al., filed Apr. 7, 2008, the entirety of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]This invention relates generally to wireless telecommunication, navigation, and geocoding. More particularly, it relates to location based services, and more particularly to navigation using location based services.[0004]2. Background of the Related Art[0005]When using a directions or navigation application, the destination for a route or point of interest search must be accurate to be useful. However many addresses within a city or region may be very similar and occasionally they can only be differentiated by postal codes, information that may not be available to the user. In addition users may only know the street name, or may have the number of the building incorrect. Once they ha...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

This approach enables users to make informed decisions by providing visual context, reducing the likelihood of selecting incorrect addresses and improving navigation accuracy by presenting route guidance information based on user selections.

Problems solved by technology

However many addresses within a city or region may be very similar and occasionally they can only be differentiated by postal codes, information that may not be available to the user.

In addition users may only know the street name, or may have the number of the building incorrect.

Since the user may not be able to distinguish the correct one, they must either guess and take the chance of going far out of their way or give up.

Even the most user friendly mapping server can't solve this problem if it must rely on providing only text information.

The disadvantage of the current technology is that a user searching for an address of interest may not have enough information to be able to properly choose which address from multiple returned addresses is correct.