Patent ID: 8024206

Claim:
A system for providing travel information to an end user in an intelligent way using a search result, said system comprising: a user database configured for storing user profile information including users' zip codes; a regional information database containing information relating to a plurality of cities; a local events feed retrieval system comprising: a rules-based engine for obtaining local event information relating to said plurality of cities from a plurality of external partners via custom codes in XML format; and a local event feed retrieval database configured to process said local event information relating to said plurality of cities; a server operatively coupled with said user database, said regional information database, and said local events feed retrieval system, wherein said server is configured to receive a request for travel information from the end user and configured to determine said end user's home location by referencing said user's zip code in said user database, wherein said home location is determined to be one city from among the plurality of cities that is the closest to said user's zip code; a context determination module configured to determine a context from said received request for travel information automatically, depending only on what said end user requests; wherein said context determination module processes a user entered phrase using a search mechanism to simultaneously determine both: travel destination information relevant to said end user, wherein travel destination information includes only designation information about said user's home location and the three closest cities, from among the plurality of cities, to the user's home location; and at least one user-interest that corresponds to said received requests; and a searching module configured to search for a plurality of search results based said context, wherein each search result from among said plurality of search result comprises each of: logistical travel information relating to said travel destination; and location-specific, interest-dependent, and dynamic information corresponding to local events held in said user's home location and the three closest cities, from among the plurality of cities, to the user's home location; wherein said server is further configured to return said plurality of search results to the end user via a browser-based interface, wherein said plurality of search results are organized by both: the city in which said local events occur; and the relative distance that said region, city, and urban area is from said home location.