Patent ID: 8694247

Claim:
A method for displaying surrounding points of interest (POIs) to be used by a mobile device, and the method comprising: receiving a first keyword and a second keyword; setting the first keyword as a first searching condition and the second keyword as a second searching condition for searching a plurality of POIs; receiving a first input on a location update key; detecting a first current location of the mobile device in response to the first input on the location update key; in response to detecting the first current location, automatically querying a POI database according to the first current location to find surrounding POIs of the first current location satisfying the first searching condition to generate a first POI list and to find surrounding POIs of the first current location satisfying the second searching condition to generate a second POI list, wherein the first POI list and the second POI list are generated as independent pages with the first POI list displayed on top of the independent pages; receiving a second input on the location update key; detecting a second current location of the mobile device in response to the second input on the location update key, wherein the second current location is different from the first current location; in response to detecting the second current location, automatically querying a POI database according to the second current location to find surrounding POIs of the second current location satisfying the first searching condition to generate a third POI list to replace the first POI list and to find surrounding POIs of the second current location satisfying the second searching condition to generate a fourth POI list to replace the second POI list; receiving a third input comprising a touch-and-drag operation to switch the fourth POI list to the top of the independent pages; and receiving a fourth input and displaying both the third POI list and the fourth POI list on the same independent page in response to receiving the fourth input.