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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Cloudcar, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Peter Barrett, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bruce Leak, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Konstantin Othmer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zarko Draganic, Belvedere, CA (US);
Cloudcar, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Course-based place searching systems and methods are described. In an embodiment, a system for performing a course-based place search may include a navigation device, a processing device, and a display. The navigation device may be configured to track a location and a course of the vehicle. The processing device may be communicatively coupled to the navigation device and may be configured to request places from a resource based at least in part on the location of the vehicle and the search criterion and to return a first one or more places received from the resource to an occupant of the vehicle. The first one or more places may be based at least in part on the course of the vehicle. The display may be communicatively coupled to the processing device. The first one or more places may be displayed on the display.