Identifying interesting locations based on commonalities in location based postings
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of postings for a geographic area, said postings including location information;
scanning said plurality of postings for common words;
grouping into a group at least two postings of said plurality of postings based on said common words; and
creating display information based on said group, said display information created utilizing said location information for said at least two postings in said group, and also said common words of said group.
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Abstract
A method and system that identifies and presents information, which is common in various postings in an area, such as a neighborhood. If various geographically proximate postings contain the same salient word(s), the information is considered to be reliable and useful and it is presented to a user. The user is capable of viewing the postings in a form displayed over a map of an area. The user may view the posting information in different forms, and also perform searches for information and postings.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of postings for a geographic area, said postings including location information; scanning said plurality of postings for common words; grouping into a group at least two postings of said plurality of postings based on said common words; and creating display information based on said group, said display information created utilizing said location information for said at least two postings in said group, and also said common words of said group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Apparatus comprising:
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a processor; a memory, coupled to said processor, said memory including instructions, that, when provided to said processor cause said processor to carry out steps of; identifying a plurality of postings for a geographic area, said postings including location information; scanning said plurality of postings for common words; grouping into a group at least two postings of said plurality of postings based on said common words; and creating display information based on said group, said display information created utilizing said location information for said at least two postings in said group, and also said common words of said group. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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identifying a plurality of postings for a geographic area, said postings including location information; scanning said plurality of postings for common words; grouping into a group at least two postings of said plurality of postings based on said common words; and creating display information based on said group, said display information created utilizing said location information for said at least two postings in said group, and also said common words of said group.
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26. An apparatus comprising:
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means for displaying information; means for receiving posting information, said posting information including location information; means for scanning said plurality of received postings for common words, and grouping into a group at least two postings of said plurality of received postings based on said common words; means for creating display information based on said group and utilizing said location information for said at least two postings in said group, and also utilizing said common words of said group, said display information including a shaped boundary that indicates an area for a map display; means for combining said display information with map information, and displaying said combined display information and map information using said display means; means for receiving input regarding said combined display information and said map information, and for providing further information based on said received input.
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27. A mobile device comprising:
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a display component; a processing component, coupled to said display component; a memory component, coupled to said processing component; a radio receiving component, to receive a plurality of postings from a radio network, said postings including location information, wherein said postings are stored in said memory component; wherein said memory component includes map information and also instructions, that when provided to said processing component, cause said processing component to perform the steps of; scanning said plurality of received postings for common words; grouping into a group at least two postings of said plurality of received postings based on said common words; creating display information based on said group, said display information created utilizing said location information for said at least two postings in said group, and also said common words of said group, said display information including a shaped boundary that indicates an area for a map display; combining said display information with said map information; displaying said combined display information and map information on said display component; and a user input component, to receive input regarding said display information on said display component.
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