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INFERRING USER-SPECIFIC LOCATION SEMANTICS FROM USER DATA

  • US 20110029474A1
  • Filed: 07/31/2009
  • Published: 02/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for inferring location-specific user context, said system comprising:

  • a memory area for storing user data for a user, said user data describing one or more of the following;

    user activities and user communications; and

    a processor programmed to;

    perform a textual analysis of the user data stored in the memory area to identify one or more location keywords, said location keywords corresponding to one or more locations;

    obtain location data for the locations corresponding to the identified location keywords;

    creating one or more tags based on the obtained location data;

    defining one or more associations among the user, the identified location keywords, and the created tags; and

    storing, in the memory area, the defined associations as user context for the locations.

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