Navigation POI Selection Using Third-Party Bids
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing navigation applications often struggle to provide clear directions, especially in situations where street signs are missing, poorly marked, or visibility is poor, leading to user distraction and potential safety issues.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that select a point of interest (POI) near a maneuver location, using requests from third parties, bids, distance, and visibility scores to rank and include POIs in navigation directions, making them safer and more informative by using recognizable landmarks instead of street names.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If navigation directions use street names as reference points, then the system is simple and easy to implement, but users cannot identify the street in time when visibility is poor or street signs are missing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces points of interest (POIs) as intermediary reference objects between the navigation system and the user. Instead of directly relying on street signs or names, the system uses POIs (such as recognizable buildings, landmarks, or businesses) as mediators that are more visible and easier to identify. This resolves the contradiction by providing a more reliable reference system while maintaining implementation feasibility through automated POI selection and association with maneuvers.
2Adaptability or versatility
If navigation directions include multiple points of interest near each maneuver, then user has more reference options, but the direction information becomes more complex and harder to process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by selecting specific POIs based on their local characteristics and relevance to each maneuver. Rather than uniformly providing all nearby POIs, the system evaluates and selects POIs with higher visibility, recognizability, and proximity to the maneuver location. This creates locally optimized reference information that adapts to each specific maneuver context, providing versatility without overwhelming complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters such as POI selection criteria, visibility thresholds, and proximity distances to optimize the balance between providing multiple reference options and maintaining information simplicity. By dynamically adjusting these parameters based on maneuver characteristics and environmental conditions, the system achieves adaptability while controlling information complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system selects POIs based on third-party requests and bids, then POI selection becomes more customizable and relevant, but the system complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-processing and storing POI information, including third-party requests, bids, and relevance metrics, before navigation is needed. This allows the system to have POI selection criteria ready in advance, reducing real-time computational requirements while maintaining high adaptability. The preliminary organization of POI data enables quick retrieval and selection during actual navigation without excessive complexity.
4Loss of time
If navigation directions are provided immediately upon request, then user receives quick assistance, but the directions may not be optimized for safety and recognizability
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and storing optimized POI associations with maneuvers based on safety criteria, visibility data, and historical performance. When a user requests navigation, the system retrieves pre-optimized directions rather than calculating everything in real-time. This resolves the contradiction by providing quick response times while maintaining high reliability through pre-computed safety-optimized routes.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for selecting points of interest (POIs) to include in navigation maneuvers presented by a navigation application of an electronic device. Navigation directions, including several maneuvers, are generated by a server device. Candidate POIs near locations corresponding to each of the maneuvers are identified and the server device receives requests from third parties that own each of the candidate POIs. The server device selects one of the candidate POIs for each maneuver based on the requests from the third parties. The server device provides the navigation directions, including an indication of the selected POI for a corresponding maneuver, to the client device of the user who requested the navigation directions.