Systems and methods for a home area recommender

• US 8,832,136 B1
• Filed: 03/27/2012
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Original Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Inventors: Billman, Bradley J., Oakes, Charles L. III, Medina, Reynaldo III, Bueche, Michael P. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Truong
• Application Number:
  US13/431,197
• Time in Patent Office: 896 Days
• Field of Search: 705/28, 707/767
• US Class Current: 707/767
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a method, system, and computer-readable storage medium with instructions for recommending locations to a user. Preferred criteria may be selected by the user, for example, or a third party, and provide objective or subjective information that the user is seeking in a location. Embodiments may include compiling objective information with the location and comparing the objective information to preferred criteria. A user'"'"'s profile may be compared to an other person'"'"'s profile, where the other person'"'"'s profile is associated to the location. A location may be recommended to the user if the objective information correlates to the preferred criteria and if the other person'"'"'s profile correlates to the user'"'"'s profile. Subjective information associated with the location may be provided to the user along with the recommended location. Furthermore, a location may be recommended to the user if the subjective information correlates to the preferred criteria.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving preferred criteria associated with real estate from a user;

compiling objective real estate information associated with a plurality of locations;

comparing the objective information to the preferred criteria;

compiling subjective information associated with a plurality of real estate interests in a plurality of locations based on a social media profile associated with the user, wherein the subjective information is received from an entity other than the user, and wherein at least a portion of the subjective information is provided via a social network;

comparing the subjective information to the preferred criteria;

determining locations of real estate interests having compiled objective information and compiled subjective information correlating, at least in part, to the preferred criteria;

providing the locations of real estate interests to the user; and

providing a recommendation of at least one of the provided locations to the user based on the compiled subjective information correlating, at least in part, to the preferred criteria.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the locations to the user comprises automatically generating a search report and providing the search report to the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes providing the recommendation of the at least one of the provided locations based on the correlation exceeding a threshold.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the preferred criteria includes objective location information and subjective location information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes correlating the profile associated with the user with a profile associated with another user.

6. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a storage device having machine-readable instructions contained therein, which when executed cause the processor to;

compile objective real estate information associated with a plurality of locations;

compare the objective information to preferred criteria of the user;

compile subjective information associated with a plurality of real estate interests in a plurality of locations based on a social media profile associated with the user, wherein the subjective information is received from an entity other than the user and wherein at least a portion of the subjective information is provided via a social network;

compare the subjective information to the preferred criteria of the user;

determine whether there is at least one matching location of a real estate interest having compiled objective information and compiled subjective information correlating, at least in part, to the preferred criteria of the user;

generate a search report including the at least one matching location and provide the search report to the user;

rank the recommended at least one matching location based on a level of correlation of the compiled subjective information with the at least one matching location.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the instructions include instructions which when executed cause the processor to rank the recommended at least one matching location based on a plurality of opinions associated with at least one matching location.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the instructions include instructions which when executed cause the processor to remove the at least one matching location from the ranking responsive to a determination of a lack of correlation between the preferred criteria of the user and at least one of:

the objective information associated with the at least one matching location; and

the subjective information associated with the at least one matching location.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein a portion of the compiled subjective information includes information provided by at least one discussion.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the preferred criteria includes subjective information associated with a particular geographic area.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the search report includes at least one comment, received from the social network, and associated with a particular geographic area.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein the objective information includes traffic information associated with a particular geographic area.

13. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions executable by a processor to:

receive selected criteria associated with real estate from a user;

compile subjective information associated with a plurality of real estate interests in a plurality of locations based on a social media profile associated with the user, wherein the subjective information is received from an entity other than the user and wherein at least a portion of the subjective information is provided via a social network;

compare the subjective information to the preferred criteria;

determine a matching location of a real estate interest based on a threshold correlation of the subjective information with the selected criteria;

provide a recommendation of the at least one matching location to the user;

include, in the recommendation, the subjective information having the threshold correlation with the selected criteria; and

include, in the recommendation, additional subjective information associated with the matching location.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions include instructions executable to automatically generate a search report and provide the search report to the user.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the subjective information associated with the location provided to the user at least in part correlate to the selected criteria.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions include instructions executable to include the additional subjective information associated with the matching location responsive to a request received from the user.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the additional subjective information includes a video associated with the matching location.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the additional subjective information includes a tag, made by a contributor to the social network, associating the additional subjective information with the matching location.