System and method for providing contextual information for a location

Abstract

A contextual description of the arrival location can be determined based on individual or combined attributes, which include (i) a text-based identifier of one or more of the multiple places, and (ii) a spatial relationship as between one or more of the places, or as between the multiple places and the arrival location. The contextual description can be provided for a navigation interface of a computing device used by the user.

What is being claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for providing a contextual description of a location to a user, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
 (a) determining an arrival location from an event trigger, the arrival location being identified by geographic coordinates;   (b) selecting multiple places that are within a proximity threshold with respect to the arrival location based on the geographic coordinates of the arrival location;   (c) determining multiple contextual attributes of the arrival location based on the selected multiple places;   (d) determining a contextual description for the arrival location, the contextual description being based in part on individual or combined contextual attributes, each individual or combined contextual attribute including (i) a text-based identifier of one or more of the multiple places, and (ii) a spatial relationship as between one or more of the places, or as between the multiple places and the arrival location; and   (e) providing the contextual description for a computing device used by the user when the user is at a current location other than arrival location.