Collecting useful user feedback about geographical entities
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1. A machine-implemented method for displaying user-submitted comments for geographic entities, the method comprising:
- receiving a search query for geographic entities;
displaying, in response to the received search query, a list of geographic entities; and
displaying, concurrently for each listed geographic entity, content of one or more user-submitted comments associated with the geographic entity, and a comment entry field which permits a user to submit a new comment associated with the geographic entity,wherein each of the one or more user-submitted comments corresponds to a comment submitted by an individual user, andwherein, for each of the user submitted-comments, display of the content of the user-submitted comment is prioritized based on whether the user-submitted comment was submitted by a contact of the user within a social network.
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Abstract
A system and machine-implemented method for displaying user-submitted comments for geographic entities, including displaying a list of geographic entities, and displaying concurrently for each listed geographic entity one or more user-submitted comments associated with the geographic entity and a comment entry field which permits a user to submit a new comment associated with the geographic entity.
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1. A machine-implemented method for displaying user-submitted comments for geographic entities, the method comprising:
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receiving a search query for geographic entities; displaying, in response to the received search query, a list of geographic entities; and displaying, concurrently for each listed geographic entity, content of one or more user-submitted comments associated with the geographic entity, and a comment entry field which permits a user to submit a new comment associated with the geographic entity, wherein each of the one or more user-submitted comments corresponds to a comment submitted by an individual user, and wherein, for each of the user submitted-comments, display of the content of the user-submitted comment is prioritized based on whether the user-submitted comment was submitted by a contact of the user within a social network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for displaying user-submitted comments for geographic entities, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a computer readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising; receiving a search query for geographic entities; displaying, in response to the received search query, a list of geographic entities; displaying, concurrently for each listed geographic entity, content of one or more user-submitted comments associated with the geographic entity, and a comment entry field which permits a user to submit a new comment associated with the geographic entity, wherein each of the one or more user-submitted comments corresponds to a comment submitted by an individual user, and wherein, for each of the user-submitted-comments, display of the content of the user-submitted comment is prioritized based on whether the user-submitted comment was submitted by a contact of the user within a social network; receiving a second new comment; and updating, while displaying the content of the user-submitted comments, the displayed content of the user-submitted comments to include the second new comment. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a search query for geographic entities; displaying, in response to the received search query, a list of geographic entities; displaying, concurrently for each listed geographic entity, content of one or more user-submitted comments associated with the geographic entity and a comment entry field which permits a user to submit a new comment associated with the geographic entity, wherein each of the one or more user-submitted comments corresponds to a comment submitted by an individual user, and wherein, for each of the user submitted-comments, display of the content of the user-submitted comment is prioritized based on whether the user-submitted comment was submitted by a contact of the user within a social network; receiving the new comment associated with one of the plurality of geographic entities; and utilizing the new comment for ranking geographical entities. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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