/Communications Server Apparatus, Method And Communications System For Recommending One Or More Points-of-interest For A Transport-related Service To A User
Abstract

Provided are communications server apparatus for recommending one or more points-of-interest (POIs) for a transport-related service to a user, such as when the user wish to request or make a booking for a transport-related service. The POIs are recommended at different actions/scenarios or at different stages of the booking, based on a plurality of data/information, which may be from a plurality of data sources. Recommendation may be done using data relating to one or more pairings of origin locations and destination locations corresponding to historical transport-related services, or using historical data and data corresponding to top ranking points-of-interest in at least one destination category in a geographical area, or based on resultant scores of candidate POIs that are determined from individual scores assigned to a plurality of criteria for the candidate POIs, where the individual scores for at least some of the criteria are determined based on historical data.

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What is claimed is:

Provided are communications server apparatus for recommending one or more points-of-interest (POIs) for a transport-related service to a user, such as when the user wish to request or make a booking for a transport-related service. The POIs are recommended at different actions/scenarios or at different stages of the booking, based on a plurality of data/information, which may be from a plurality of data sources. Recommendation may be done using data relating to one or more pairings of origin locations and destination locations corresponding to historical transport-related services, or using historical data and data corresponding to top ranking points-of-interest in at least one destination category in a geographical area, or based on resultant scores of candidate POIs that are determined from individual scores assigned to a plurality of criteria for the candidate POIs, where the individual scores for at least some of the criteria are determined based on historical data.
Timeline
Filed
04/21/2026
Published
08/06/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(3)
G06Q 30/0601:Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
G01C 21/34:Route searching; Route guidance
G01C 21/36:Input/output arrangements for on-board computers