GENERATION OF USER PROFILES BASED ON FUTURE LOCATIONS

• US 20130103496A1
• Filed: 10/19/2011
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Srivastava, Piyush Kumar, Chand, Ashootosh, Shekar, Bharathi
• Application Number:
  US13/276,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20130103496A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.53
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for generating user profiles based on future locations of a user includes receiving one or more future locations along with time duration of a user at each of the one or more future locations. The computer-implemented method also includes identifying a plurality of attributes associated with the one or more future locations. Further, the computer-implemented method includes inferring future interests of the user. Moreover, the computer-implemented method includes dynamically generating user profiles in accordance with the time duration of the user at each of the one or more future locations.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating user profiles based on future locations of a user, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving one or more future locations along with time duration of a user at each of the one or more future locations;

identifying a plurality of attributes associated with the one or more future locations;

inferring the future interests of the user; and

generating user profiles in accordance with the time duration of the user at each of the one or more future locations, wherein the generating is performed dynamically and statically.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a current location of the user; and

comparing an upper bounding level of the current location and the one or more future locations.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the upper bounding level is a state level or a country level of the one or more future locations.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

updating the user profile in accordance with the user travelling to each of the one or more future locations.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the updating is performed in correspondence to the user declaring the one or more future locations.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising,

analyzing one or more user activities at each of the one or more future locations.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of attributes includes at least one of the nature of the one or more future locations, the relationship between the one or more future locations, the relationship between the user and the people with whom the user travels, and the period of travel of the user.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user profile comprises categorizing the user as at least one of a vacationing user, a business user, a relocating user and a local user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising,

displaying relevant advertisements to the user based on the generated user profile;

and

displaying appropriate web content to the user.

10. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that when executed by a processor, performs a method for generating user profiles based on future locations of a user, comprising:

receiving one or more future locations along with time duration of a user at each of the one or more future locations;

identifying a plurality of attributes associated with the one or more future locations;

inferring the future interests of the user; and

generating user profiles in accordance with the time duration of the user at each of the one or more future locations, wherein the generating is performed dynamically and statically.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising:

receiving a current location of the user; and

comparing an upper bounding level of the current location and the one or more future locations.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the upper bounding level is a state level or a country level of the one or more future locations.

13. The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising:

updating the user profile in accordance with the user travelling to each of the one or more future locations.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the updating is performed in correspondence to the user declaring the one or more future locations.

15. The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising,

analyzing one or more user activities at each of the one or more future locations.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the plurality of attributes includes at least one of the nature of the one or more future locations, the relationship between the one or more future locations, the relationship between the user and the people with whom the user travels, and the period of travel of the user.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the user profile comprises categorizing the user as at least one of a vacationing user, a business user, a relocating user and a local user.

18. The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising,

displaying relevant advertisements to the user based on the generated user profile;

and

displaying appropriate web content to the user.

19. A system for generating user profiles based on future locations of a user, the system comprising:

a receiving unit to receive one or more future locations having time duration of a user at each of the one or more future locations, and to receive a current location of the user;

a computing device to define an upper bounding level of the one or more future locations and to identify a plurality of attributes associated with the one or more future locations;

a timer unit in communication with the computing device, to track the users duration at the one or more future locations, and

an ad selection server in communication with the computing device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the computing device generates the user profile dynamically and statically in accordance with the user travelling to each of the one or more future locations.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the computing device categorizes the user as at least one of a vacationing user, a business user, a relocating user and a local user.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the ad selection server performs at least one of displaying relevant advertisements to the user based on the generated user profile and displaying appropriate web content to the user.