Neighborhood guide for semantic search system and method to support local POI discovery

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8498991
APP PUB NO 20120089615A1
SERIAL NO

13247695

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A neighborhood guide system, related method and associated database for providing information about businesses and other locations to a vehicle driver, or other user, in a more natural and informative manner than traditional IVR systems. When interacting with the user, the neighborhood guide system typically will only provide choices for the user to select from based on a user request that are in the particular vicinity of the user. Further, the neighborhood guide system provides usable information about the selected business by the user, such as hours of operation, cost, ratings, parking, etc.

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  • GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
James, Frances H Sunnyvale, US 11 186
Musgrove, Timothy A Morgan Hill, US 42 1694
Ridge, Peter San Jose, US 6 85
Suh, John W Palo Alto, US 8 420

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