POI Discovery Feed Curating Narrative Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing applications for discovering places of interest often limit users to top destinations, fail to surface lesser-known locations, and overwhelm users with excessive information, making it difficult for tourists to find relevant and unknown places.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating an interactive discovery feed of place of interest (POI) content items relevant to a user, curated from multiple sources, based on user-selected topics and preferences, including narratives, photos, maps, and links, contextualized by distance, season, and other factors, allowing users to easily discover new places and interact with POI-related content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a search engine surfaces a place of interest, then the user may find relevant information, but the information is buried in superfluous content requiring extra time to sift through
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts relevant POI information from search results and presents it in a dedicated, organized feed format. The system identifies and separates useful POI data from superfluous search content, displaying only curated information including photos, maps, and key details in a structured layout that eliminates the need for users to sift through irrelevant content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments POI information into distinct, organized components within the feed including separate sections for photos, maps, descriptions, and additional information. This segmentation allows users to access specific types of information quickly without being overwhelmed by unstructured search results, presenting content in manageable, categorized units.
2Adaptability or versatility
If applications show top places to visit, then users can see popular destinations, but lesser-known places of interest are not surfaced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic feed system that adapts content delivery based on user interactions and behavior patterns. The system evolves from showing only top places to progressively introducing lesser-known POIs as users engage with the content, adjusting the mix of popular and obscure destinations based on real-time user feedback and interaction data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent pre-curates a diverse collection of POI content including both popular and lesser-known destinations before presenting to users. The system prepares organized feeds with photos, maps, and descriptions of various POIs in advance, ensuring that lesser-known places are already formatted and ready for display alongside top destinations, eliminating the need for users to search for hidden gems separately.
3Ease of operation
If applications show scenic pictures for places of interest, then users can visualize destinations, but additional details are not provided
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple types of POI information including photos, maps, descriptions, and additional details into a single integrated feed item. Each POI entry combines visual elements with comprehensive textual information, allowing users to access both scenic imagery and detailed practical information (such as hours, contact details, and descriptions) within the same unified presentation format.
4Quantity of substance
If users are presented with multiple POI information, then comprehensive data is available, but users are overloaded and must sift through excessive information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by presenting different types of information with varying levels of detail based on user needs and context. The feed displays essential POI information prominently (photos, names, key details) while making additional information available on-demand, allowing users to quickly scan high-level content and drill down into specific details only when interested, rather than presenting all information uniformly.
Data Source
AI summary
Generating an interactive discovery feed of place of interest items (POIs) relevant to a user is provided. A relevant POI discovery feed system curates a collection of narratives about various POIs from multiple sources and generates a plurality of POI content feed items including content items (e.g., photos, maps, links to additional information or related POIs) extracted from the collection of narratives. The system determines a set of POIs relevant to a user based on user-selected topics of interest and user preferences inferred from signals generated from user interactions with the system, and generates a discovery feed of POI content feed items associated with the set of relevant POIs for display to the user. In some examples, the items are presented in a card-based UI. Users are enabled to easily discover new places, view photos, and learn more about POIs in a consistent presentation of POI-related content feed items.