Patent ID: 9727646
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for conducting an interactive multi-tier search of a database of content items across at least one of a plurality of channels, each channel representing a category of content items within the database, the method comprising: (a) receiving a user selection of at least one of a plurality of search channels, wherein the user's search is limited to the at least one of the plurality of search channels; (b) receiving GPS data from a mobile device; (c) receiving individual keystrokes as they are entered by the user into the mobile device, and in response to each individual keystroke conducting a prefix search for matching items within the database that contain words having a prefix matching a cumulative total of the individual keystrokes; (d) using the GPS data to facilitate generation of a matching item list for matching items having a location data, at least a portion of the matching items in the matching item list sorted based on a proximity of the location data to the GPS data; and (e) delivering the matching item list and a plurality of B-Menu entries to the mobile device for display to the user.