Granted Patent B2

US 12,332,957 · App. 18/594,779 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Daisuke Ikeda (Sunnyvale, CA); Ryoichi Imaizumi (Tokyo, JP); Kaleigh S. Smith (New York, NY); Keiji Maekawa (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: GOOGLE LLC

G06F16/9535G06F16/24575G06F16/24578G06F16/248G06F16/29G06F16/9537G06F16/9538

Abstract

Claims (57)

1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:

receiving a query from a user device;

identifying, based on the query and a location of the user device, one or more business results responsive to the query, the one or more business results each associated with respective operating hours;

selecting a subset of the one or more business results as one or more currently open results based on the respective operating hours of the one or more business results and a current time;

causing to be displayed, at an interface of the user device, a results page that:

displays the one or more currently open results, and omits displaying at least one of the business results that is excluded from the currently open results, and

displays a filter control;

determining that a user has interacted with the filter control to specify a future time; and

in response to determining that the user has interacted with the filter control to specify the future time:

selecting a second subset of the one or more business results as one or more future open results based on the respective operating hours of the one or more business results and the future time;

causing to be displayed, at the interface of the user device, a revised results page that displays the one or more future open results, and omits displaying at least an additional one of the business results that is excluded from the future open results.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the subset of the one or more business results as one or more currently open results further comprises:

determining an arrival time to a respective business location for each of the business results by adding to the current time a travel time to the respective business location for each of the business results; and

determining that the respective arrival time to the respective business location for each of the business results occurs between a beginning and an end of the respective operating hours associated with the business result.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a respective distance between the current location and a respective business location for each of the currently open results;

wherein the results page further displays the respective distances.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the distances are distances along transportation routes.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the filter control includes a drop down list item.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the future time is a time range.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein selecting the second subset of the one or more business results as one or more future open results based on the respective operating hours of the one or more business results and the future time comprises:

selecting the second subset based on the respective operating hours of the second subset indicating that the one or more business results, of the second subset, are open for at least a minimum length of time during the time range.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein selecting the second subset of the one or more business results as one or more future open results based on the respective operating hours of the one or more business results and the future time comprises:

selecting the second subset based on the respective operating hours of the second subset indicating that the one or more business results, of the second subset, are open for any portion of the time range.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing to be displayed, at the interface of the user device, the results page, comprises sending the results page to the user device over a network.

10. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations that include:

receiving a query from a user device;

identifying, based on the query and a location of the user device, one or more business results responsive to the query, the one or more business results each associated with respective operating hours;

causing to be displayed, at an interface of the user device and in response to the query, a results page that:

displays at least an initial subset of the one or more business results, and

displays a filter control;

determining that a user has interacted with the filter control, displayed in response to the query, to specify a current time;

in response to determining that the user has interacted with the filter control to specify the current time:

selecting a currently open subset of the one or more business results as one or more currently open results based on the respective operating hours of the one or more business results and the current time; and

causing to be displayed, at the interface of the user device and in response to the query, a revised results page that:

displays the one or more currently open results, and omits displaying at least one of the business results that is excluded from the currently open results, and

displays the filter control;

determining that a user has interacted with the filter control, displayed in the revised results page, to specify a future time; and

in response to determining that the user has interacted with the filter control to specify the future time:

selecting a future open subset of the one or more business results as one or more future open results based on the respective operating hours of the one or more business results and the future time; and

causing to be displayed, at the interface of the user device, a revised results page that displays the one or more future open results, and omits displaying at least an additional one of the business results that is excluded from the future open results.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein selecting the currently open subset of the one or more business results as one or more currently open results further comprises:

determining an arrival time to a respective business location for each of the business results by adding to the current time a travel time to the respective business location for each of the business results; and

determining that the respective arrival time to the respective business location for each of the business results occurs between a beginning and an end of the respective operating hours associated with the business result.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause one or more of the processors to perform further operations that include:

determining a respective distance between the current location and a respective business location for each of the currently open results;

wherein the results page further displays the respective distances.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the distances are distances along transportation routes.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the filter control includes a drop down list item.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the future time is a time range.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein selecting the second subset of the one or more business results as one or more future open results based on the respective operating hours of the one or more business results and the future time comprises:

selecting the second subset based on the respective operating hours of the second subset indicating that the one or more business results, of the second subset, are open for at least a minimum length of time during the time range.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein selecting the second subset of the one or more business results as one or more future open results based on the respective operating hours of the one or more business results and the future time comprises:

selecting the second subset based on the respective operating hours of the second subset indicating that the one or more business results, of the second subset, are open for any portion of the time range.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein causing to be displayed, at the interface of the user device, the results page, comprises sending the results page to the user device over a network.

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