Patent ID: 8868343

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, using a computer, a starting point and a destination point; determining, using the computer, a route of a journey by a mode of transportation from the starting point to the destination point; selecting a plurality of search points that are spaced apart and on the route; causing performance of a plurality of point searches, wherein each point search of the plurality of point searches is associated with a search point of the plurality of search points and is a search for places of lodging that are near the search point; receiving, using the computer, search results of two or more of the plurality of point searches and identifying two or more places of lodging located along the route; determining that a point search based upon a particular search point resulted in greater than a particular threshold number of lodging places, wherein the particular threshold number is greater than 0; selecting the particular search point for inclusion in a set of search points that is a subset of the plurality of search points based on the determining that the point search resulted in greater than the particular threshold number of lodging places; selecting search result information corresponding to the particular search point for display based on a determination that the particular search point belongs to the set of search points; causing display of the search result information in association with route information relating to the route.