4 Predictive Location Search Results
A future version of iOS could give you predictive search results based on where the system thinks you’re going. The tentative system was unveiled in a patent dubbed “search filtering based on expected future time and location,” published yesterday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Presumably, the system will allow iOS to offer search results or recommendations based on where it thinks the user will be headed to. It could come up with these results by analyzing the time of day, general location, direction of travel, and previous user habits. Notably, the patent is also a continuation of another application that Apple filed back in 2009, which suggests that the company has been exploring predictive search results for quite some time.