System and method for location-based recommendations
First Claim
1. A method for determining and utilizing a user influence score, comprising:
- retrieving user activities from a social network, the user activities comprising activities, associated with the social network, by the user;
retrieving connection activities from the social network, the connection activities comprising activities, associated with the social network, by primary connections, the primary connections comprising social network connections of the user;
calculating, for the user, a user influence score for each of a plurality of locations based on;
the volume of user actions proximal the location;
an influence score of each primary connection for the location, based on the volume of connection activities of the social network connection proximal a geographic location;
an engagement level between the primary connection and the user, based on a history of social network interactions between the user and the primary connection; and
calculating a topical influence score for a topic based on;
the volume of user actions related to the topic;
the general engagement level with the user for the topic;
an influence score of each primary connection for the topic, based on the volume of connection activities generated by the primary connection and associated with the topic; and
the engagement level between the primary connection and the user;
sending data derived from the user influence score for a location to a mobile module.
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Abstract
A method for providing a recommendation to a user, including retrieving, connection content associated with social network connections of the user; calculating, for each of the social network connections, an influence score for each of a plurality of locations; receiving a request location from a user device associated with the user; extracting a recommendation from relevant connection content, the relevant connection content being content associated with the request location and generated by at least one of the social network connections having the highest influence scores for the request location, the recommendation comprising a venue referenced within the relevant connection content; and sending the recommendation to the user device.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for determining and utilizing a user influence score, comprising:
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retrieving user activities from a social network, the user activities comprising activities, associated with the social network, by the user; retrieving connection activities from the social network, the connection activities comprising activities, associated with the social network, by primary connections, the primary connections comprising social network connections of the user; calculating, for the user, a user influence score for each of a plurality of locations based on; the volume of user actions proximal the location; an influence score of each primary connection for the location, based on the volume of connection activities of the social network connection proximal a geographic location; an engagement level between the primary connection and the user, based on a history of social network interactions between the user and the primary connection; and calculating a topical influence score for a topic based on; the volume of user actions related to the topic; the general engagement level with the user for the topic; an influence score of each primary connection for the topic, based on the volume of connection activities generated by the primary connection and associated with the topic; and the engagement level between the primary connection and the user; sending data derived from the user influence score for a location to a mobile module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing a location-based recommendation for a user, the method comprising:
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retrieving, from a social network, connection content associated with primary connections, the primary connections comprising social network connections of the user; calculating, for each of the primary connections, an influence score for each of a plurality of locations based on; the volume of connection content associated with the primary connection and associated with the location, and an engagement level between the primary connection and the user, the engagement level based on a history of social network interaction between the primary connection and the user; receiving a location request from a user device associated with the user; extracting a recommendation from relevant connection content, the relevant connection content being content associated with the location request and generated by at least one of the primary connections having the highest influence scores for the location request, the recommendation comprising a venue referenced within the relevant connection content; and sending the recommendation to the user device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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