Patent ID: 9057617
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G01C,G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a search system that includes one or more processors and from a mobile device, one or more characters of a query term; receiving, by the search system, location information generated from one or more sensors, the location information representing a location of the mobile device, the one or more sensors comprising a compass, a global positioning system sensor, a WiFi receiver, a cellular receiver, or a camera; determining, by the search system, a location of the mobile device using the location information, and a local time at the location when the characters were received; identifying, by the search system, a time interval associated with the local time; selecting, by the search system, one of multiple databases associated with a geographic location that is associated with the location based on the time interval, wherein each of the multiple databases is associated with a different time interval; identifying, by the search system, one or more suggested items in the one of the multiple databases that is associated with the location and the time interval; and providing, by the search system and to the mobile device, the one or more suggested items in response to receiving the one or more characters.