System and method for ranking geofeeds and content within geofeeds

• US 8,484,224 B1
• Filed: 12/07/2012
• Issued: 07/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tai Technologies Inc. (Crisis24)
• Original Assignee: Geofeedr, Inc.
• Inventors: Harris, Philip B., Mitchell, Scott K., Mulroy, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ortiz Ditren, Belix M
• Application Number:
  US13/708,404
• Time in Patent Office: 214 Days
• Field of Search: 707/748, 707/723, 709/217
• US Class Current: 707/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

A system and method for ranking geofeed results is provided. A geofeed includes a collection of content, aggregated from various content providers, that is relevant to one or more geographically definable locations. The generated content may include, for example, video, audio, images, text, hyperlinks, and/or other content that may be relevant to a geographically definable location. The content providers may include, for example, social media platforms, online knowledge databases, individual content creators, and/or other providers that can distribute content that may be relevant to a geographically definable location. The system may rank a plurality of geofeeds based on attributes of individual geofeeds or content within each geofeed, rank content within a geofeed based on attributes of the content, display the ranked geofeeds, and/or display the ranked content within a geofeed.

Claims

1. A system for ranking a plurality of content items of a geofeed, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising;

a rank module configured to;

obtain the plurality of content items associated with the geofeed, the plurality of content items aggregated from a plurality of content providers in relation to one or more geographically definable locations, the plurality of content items 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;

identify one or more ranking parameters used to score the plurality of content items according to one or more content attributes related to individual ones of the plurality of content items;

generate a rank score for the individual ones of the plurality of content items based on the one or more ranking parameters and the one or more content attributes of the individual ones of the plurality of content items;

rank the plurality of content items based on the rank score for the individual ones of the plurality of content items; and

a communication module configured to;

communicate the geofeed comprising the ranked plurality of content items.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

wherein obtaining the plurality of content items associated with the geofeed comprises;

receive a request to create a new geofeed; and

generate the new geofeed; and

obtain the plurality of content items associated with the new geofeed.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

wherein obtaining the plurality of content items associated with the geofeed comprises;

receive a request to retrieve a previously requested geofeed;

retrieve the previously requested geofeed based on the request; and

obtain the plurality of content items associated with the previously requested geofeed.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

wherein obtaining the plurality of content items associated with the geofeed comprises;

receive a request to retrieve a previously requested geofeed;

retrieve a geofeed definition associated with the previously requested geofeed based on the request, wherein the geofeed definition comprising the one or more geographically definable locations;

generate the previously requested geofeed based on the geofeed definition; and

obtain the plurality of content items associated with the previously requested geofeed.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

determine the one or more content attributes, the one or more content attributes comprising one or more content spatial attributes associated with the individual ones of the plurality of content items; and

generate the rank score based on the one or more content spatial attributes.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the rank module further configured to:

determine a location associated with the individual ones of the plurality of content items, wherein the location is within a geographically definable location; and

obtain a distance between the location and a center of the geographically definable location,

wherein generating the rank score based on the one or more content spatial attributes comprises;

generate the rank score based on the distance.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the rank module further configured to:

identify one or more clusters that comprise a subset of the plurality of content items, wherein the subset of the plurality of content items share content spatial attributes common among the subset of the plurality of content items,

wherein generating the rank score based on the one or more content spatial attributes comprises;

generate the rank score based on the one or more clusters.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

determine the one or more content attributes, the one or more content attributes comprising one or more content temporal attributes associated with the individual ones of the plurality of content items; and

generate the rank score based on the one or more content temporal attributes.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the rank module further configured to:

compare the one or more content temporal attributes associated with the plurality of content items against one another, wherein the content temporal attributes include a creation time or an update time,

wherein generating the rank score based on the one or more content temporal attributes comprises;

generate the rank score based on the comparison.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

determine the one or more content attributes, the one or more content attributes comprising one or more content popularity attributes associated with the individual ones of the plurality of content items; and

generate the rank score based on the one or more content popularity attributes.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the rank module further configured to:

obtain a number of comments that were generated for the individual ones of the plurality of content items,

wherein generating the rank score based on the one or more content popularity attributes comprises;

generate the rank score based on the number of comments.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

determine the one or more content attributes, the one or more content attributes comprising one or more types of the individual ones of the plurality of content items, the type comprising video, photo, audio, or text; and

generate the rank score based on the one or more types.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

determine the one or more content attributes, the one or more content attributes comprising one or more subject matters related to the individual ones of the plurality of content items; and

generate the rank score based on the one or more subject matters.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

identify a content creator of the individual ones of the plurality of content items;

determine the one or more content attributes associated with the content creator; and

generate the rank score based on the one or more content attributes associated with the content creator.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the rank module further configured to:

identify a content provider of the individual ones of the plurality of content items;

determine the one or more content attributes associated with the content provider; and

generate the rank score based on the one or more content attributes associated with the content provider.

16. The system of claim 1, the system further comprising:

a user interface module configured to;

communicate a user interface comprising the geofeed comprising the ranked plurality of content items.

17. A system for ranking a plurality of geofeeds, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising;

a rank module configure to;

obtain a plurality of content items associated with individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds, the plurality of content items aggregated from a plurality of content providers in relation to one or more geographically definable locations for the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds, the plurality of content items 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 for individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds;

identify one or more geofeed ranking parameters used to score the plurality of geofeeds according to one or more geofeed attributes related to the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds;

generate a geofeed rank score for the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds based on the one or more geofeed ranking parameters and the one or more geofeed attributes related to the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds;

rank the plurality of geofeeds based on the geofeed rank score for the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds; and

a communication module configured to;

communicate the ranked plurality of geofeeds.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the rank module is further configured to:

identify the one or more geofeed ranking parameters used to score the plurality of geofeeds according to one or more cumulative content attributes related to the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds;

generate a content rank score for the individual ones of the plurality of content items based on the one or more geofeed ranking parameters and the one or more cumulative content attributes;

generate an aggregate content rank score for the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds by aggregating a plurality of content rank scores;

rank the plurality of geofeeds based on the geofeed rank score and the aggregate content rank score; and

wherein the communication module is further configured to;

communicate the ranked plurality of geofeeds.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the rank module is further configured to:

determine the one or more cumulative attributes related to the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds, the one or more cumulative content attributes comprising content spatial attributes, content temporal attributes, content popularity attributes, content types, or content subject matters.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the rank module is further configured to:

determine the one or more geofeed attributes, the one or more geofeed attributes comprising one or more geofeed spatial attributes associated with the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds; and

generate the geofeed rank score based on the one or more geofeed spatial attributes.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the rank module is further configured to:

receive a search request to obtain the plurality of geofeeds, wherein the search request comprising one or more locations,

wherein generating the geofeed rank score based on the one or more geofeed spatial attributes comprises;

identify the one or more geographically definable locations associated with the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds;

obtain a distance between the one or more locations of the search request and the one or more geographically definable locations associated with the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds; and

generate the geofeed rank score based on the distance.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the rank module is further configured to:

determine the one or more geofeed attributes, the one or more geofeed attributes comprising one or more geofeed temporal attributes associated with the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds; and

generate the geofeed rank score based on the one or more geofeed temporal attributes.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the rank module is further configured to:

wherein generating the geofeed rank score based on the one or more geofeed temporal attributes comprises;

compare the one or more geofeed temporal attributes against one another, wherein the geofeed temporal attributes include a creation time or an update time; and

generate the geofeed rank score based on the comparison.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the rank module is further configured to:

determine the one or more geofeed attributes, the one or more geofeed attributes comprising one or more geofeed popularity attributes associated with the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds; and

generate the geofeed rank score based on the one or more geofeed popularity attributes.

25. The system of claim 17, wherein the rank module is further configured to:

obtain a number of the plurality of content items associated with the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds;

compare the number to a predetermined threshold value; and

generate the geofeed rank score based on the comparison.

26. The system of claim 17, wherein the rank module is further configured to:

identify a geofeed creator of the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds;

determine the one or more geofeed attributes associated with the geofeed creator; and

generate the geofeed rank score based on the one or more geofeed attributes associated with the geofeed creator.

27. The system of claim 17, the system further comprising:

a user interface module configured to;

communicate a user interface comprising the ranked plurality of geofeeds.

28. A system for ranking a plurality of geofeeds, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising;

a rank module configured to;

obtain a plurality of content items associated with individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds, the plurality of content items aggregated from a plurality of content providers in relation to one or more geographically definable locations for the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds, the plurality of content items 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 for individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds;

identify the one or more geofeed ranking parameters used to score the plurality of geofeeds according to one or more cumulative content attributes related to the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds;

generate an content rank score for the individual ones of the plurality of content items based on the one or more geofeed ranking parameters and the one or more cumulative content attributes;

generate an aggregate content rank score for the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds by aggregating a plurality of content rank scores;

rank the plurality of geofeeds based on the aggregate content rank score; and

a communication module configured to;

communicate the ranked plurality of geofeeds.

29. The system of claim 28, the rank module is further configured to:

determine the one or more cumulative attributes related to the individual ones of the plurality of geofeeds, the one or more cumulative content attributes comprising content spatial attributes, content temporal attributes, content popularity attributes, content types, or content subject matters.

30. The system of claim 28, the system further comprising:

a user interface module configured to;

communicate a user interface comprising the ranked plurality of geofeeds.