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SOCIAL MEDIA BASED WEIGHTED ROUTE SELECTION

  • US 20160131493A1
  • Filed: 11/10/2014
  • Published: 05/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for social media based weighted route selection, the method comprising:

  • detecting, in an application using a processor and a memory, that a first route and a second route are possible between two places;

    identifying, relative to the first route, a first set of points of interest (POIs);

    collecting, by accessing a social media source, a set of social information, wherein the set of social information comprises information related to a point of interest (POI) in the set of POIs, wherein the information is shared with the user in a social group at the social media source, wherein the user is a member of the social group;

    organizing a subset of the set of social information into a set of categories related to the POI;

    assigning each information in the subset of social information a corresponding weight to compute a value corresponding to each information;

    determining, using the computed values, a total value of each POI in the first set of POIs; and

    presenting, from the first route and the second route, that route as socially preferred route which has a higher total route value, a total route value of the first route comprising a sum of total values of each POI in the first set of POIs.

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