Patent ID: 8676497

Claim:
A method of searching for Point-of-Interest (POI) information, comprising: inputting at least a portion of basic POI information on an information managing unit, said basic POI information includes a POI name, a POI address and a POI phone number; transmitting at least said portion of said basic POI information to a communication interface via a communication network; searching and retrieving additional information of said POI from a plurality of website databases on a plurality of information providers via the communication interface; transmitting said additional information of the POI from the communication interface to the information managing unit via the communication network; and displaying said basic and additional information of the POI; wherein the step of displaying said additional information of the POI comprises a step of processing said additional information provided by each information provider, and wherein the step of processing said additional information includes a step of eliminating at least a portion of said additional information provided by at least one information provider if said portion of said additional information is inconsistent with the same portion of the additional information provided by a majority of the information providers.