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Providing context relevant search for a user based on location and social information

  • US 10,095,988 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2016
  • Issued: 10/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • sending, via a network, from a client device, a search query and a current location of the client device, the search query indicating a category of desired search results;

    calculating, by a server computer, a search value for each search result of a plurality of desired search results, said each search result comprising a location and wherein the search value indicates a quality of match between the search query and said each search result;

    responsive to the search value for said each search result of a plurality of desired search results exceeding a search value threshold, calculating, by the server computer, each relevance score for said each search result of a plurality of desired search results, said each relevance score based in part on a comparison between the current location and the location associated with said each search result and on said each search result being categorized within the category of desired search results;

    adjusting, by the server computer, the relevance scores, wherein the adjustment comprises multiplying the search value for said each search result of a plurality of desired search results into said each relevance score of said each search result of desired search results to obtain an updated relevance score;

    ranking, by the server computer, the search results based on the updated relevance scores;

    displaying a schedule on the client device, the schedule provided by the server computer and comprising a plurality of entries, a first entry indicating a future date and comprising a list of available reservations for the search result, and a second entry indicating a past date and comprising a list of friends who were present at the location of the search result on the past date; and

    displaying, on the client device, social information associated with the location, the social information provided by the server computer and including a number of friends who have expressed an affinity for the location or have entered a comment regarding the location.

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