Determining popular venues
US9262481B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 24, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/955
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for information indicative of venues that are located within a geographic region of interest, accessing user data for one or more users of a social networking platform, identifying, in the accessed user data, data indicative of one or more affirmative actions that are performed for the particular venue by at least one of the one or more users, and generating a popularity score for the particular venue, determining one or more popular venues, with a popular venue being associated with an increased popularity score relative to popularity scores of other of the multiple venues located with the geographic region of interest, and for a determined popular venue, generating data indicative of a type of user of the social networking platform who performs one or more affirmative actions for the determined popular venue.
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