Ad-Based Location Ranking for Geo-Social Networking System
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1. A method, comprisingreceiving, at a computer system, data indicating a location of a user;
- accessing one or more data stores of places and advertisements;
generating a list of places based on the location of the user;
ranking the list of places based at least in part on respective distances between the location and each place and whether an advertisement is associated with the place; and
presenting the ranked list of places to the user.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system receives data indicating a location of a user, generate and rank a list of places based on proximity to the user'"'"'s location and existence of advertisement associated with one or more places, and present the ranked list of places to the user.
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1. A method, comprising
receiving, at a computer system, data indicating a location of a user; -
accessing one or more data stores of places and advertisements; generating a list of places based on the location of the user; ranking the list of places based at least in part on respective distances between the location and each place and whether an advertisement is associated with the place; and presenting the ranked list of places to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a memory; one or more processors; and a non-transitory, storage medium storing computer-readable instructions operative, when executed, to cause the one or more processors to; receive data indicating a location of a user; access one or more data stores of places and advertisements; generate a list of places based on the location of the user; rank the list of places based at least in part on respective distances between the location and each place and whether an advertisement is associated with the place; and present the ranked list of places to the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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