SOCIAL TRAVEL RECOMMENDATIONS
First Claim
1. A system for identifying users of a traveler'"'"'s social network who may possess travel information of interest to the traveler, the system comprising:
- one or more data stores that store information regarding users of an electronic social networking service; and
a computing device in communication with the one or more data stores, the computing device operative to;
receive a request for travel information of interest to the traveler;
identify at least one user of the electronic social networking service that is associated with the traveler;
request information regarding the at least one user from at least one of the electronic social networking service and another network-based service;
determine from the requested information, a location associated with the at least one user; and
if the determined location corresponds to the travel information of interest;
transmit information identifying the at least one user to the traveler.
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Abstract
Members of a traveler'"'"'s social network or “friends” are identified by a social recommendation service. The identified friends may possess knowledge regarding travel information of interest to the traveler. The identification may be based on locations of the friends and/or information of interest, selection criteria provided by the traveler, clickstream data for the friends, the relationship between the friends and the traveler, etc. The social recommendation service may additionally provide the traveler with identifying information enabling the user to communicate with the identified friend(s).
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31 Claims
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1. A system for identifying users of a traveler'"'"'s social network who may possess travel information of interest to the traveler, the system comprising:
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one or more data stores that store information regarding users of an electronic social networking service; and a computing device in communication with the one or more data stores, the computing device operative to; receive a request for travel information of interest to the traveler; identify at least one user of the electronic social networking service that is associated with the traveler; request information regarding the at least one user from at least one of the electronic social networking service and another network-based service; determine from the requested information, a location associated with the at least one user; and if the determined location corresponds to the travel information of interest; transmit information identifying the at least one user to the traveler. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for identifying users of a traveler'"'"'s social network, the system comprising:
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a data store that stores travel information; and a computing device in communication with the data store, the computing device operative to; receive a description of travel information of interest to the traveler; identify one or more users associated with the traveler within an electronic social networking service; select a user from the identified one or more users that may possess knowledge regarding the travel information of interest; and transmit information identifying the selected user to the traveler. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for identifying users of a traveler'"'"'s social network, the method comprising:
under control of one or more configured computer systems, receiving a request for travel information of interest to the user; identifying a user of an electronic social networking service that is associated with the traveler within the electronic social networking service and that may possess knowledge regarding the travel information of interest; and electronically provide information identifying the identified user to the traveler when one or more locations associated with the identified user and the travel information of interest are the same. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having encoded thereon instructions to identify users of a traveler'"'"'s social network, which instructions, when executed by a computing apparatus, cause the computing apparatus to:
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receive a request for a recommendation regarding travel information of interest to the traveler; identifying a user that is associated with the traveler within the electronic social networking service and that may possess knowledge regarding the travel information of interest; and electronically provide identifying information for the identified user to the traveler. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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