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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Mapquest, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Patrick Allan McDevitt, Hanover, NH (US);
G. Duane Gearhart, Hummelstown, PA (US);
John Patrick O'Dwyer, Denver, CO (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for location-based advertisements. In accordance with one exemplary implementation, a method is provided for providing advertisements to a user of a navigation system. The method may include identifying high-value intersections in a map. The method may also include identifying, based on the high-value intersections, a set of landmark locations and associating the landmark locations with the high-value intersections in a database. The method may also include detecting at least one of the high-value intersections in a route requested by the user. The method may also include presenting, on a device of the user, an advertisement associated with at least one landmark location while presenting maneuver information for the at least one high-value intersection.