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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING A GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF CONTENT AND ACCURACY OF GEOTAGS RELATED TO CONTENT OBTAINED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER CONTENT PROVIDERS

  • US 20150032739A1
  • Filed: 10/10/2014
  • Published: 01/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining an accuracy of location information that indicates a location at which content was created, the method being implemented in a computer that includes one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules, the method comprising:

  • obtaining, by a geofeed creation module, a geofeed definition comprising an indication of one or more geographically definable locations;

    obtaining, by the geofeed creation module, content based on the geofeed definition, the content aggregated from a plurality of content providers based on the indication of the one or more geographically definable locations, the content being provided by the plurality of content providers based on respective requests formatted specifically for individual ones of the plurality of content providers, wherein the respective requests comprise the one or more geographically definable locations; and

    obtaining, by a location prediction module, metadata associated with the content;

    determining, by the location prediction module, geotag data from the metadata, the geotag data indicating;

    (i) an automatically derived location, or (ii) a manually input location where the content was created; and

    determining, by a location accuracy determination module, a confidence level associated with the geotag data, wherein the confidence level is indicative of a likelihood that the geotag data accurately describes a location where the content was created.

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