System and method for determining a boundary of a geographic area
First Claim
1. A method for determining a boundary of a geographical area, the method comprising:
- identifying, by one or more computing devices, a plurality of point of interest (POI) names associated with the geographical area from one or more web documents, wherein identifying the plurality of POI names comprises retrieving the one or more web documents using a web crawling component and detecting, in the one or more web documents, a plurality of patterns from a list of predetermined patterns, each pattern including a POI name and a geographical area name arranged in a predetermined manner;
locating, by the one or more computing devices, in a POI database, a plurality of POI listings corresponding to the identified POI names;
determining, by the one or more computing devices, location coordinates derived from each of the POI listings;
when a number of instances of detection of the geographic area reaches a threshold, calculating, by the one or more computing devices, the boundary of the geographical area, wherein the calculating step includes;
identifying at one or more outlier location coordinates from the location coordinates derived from the POI listings;
generating an updated list of location coordinates associated with the geographical area based on removing the outlier location coordinates from the location coordinates derived from the POI listings; and
calculating the boundary of the geographical area based on the updated list of location coordinates associated with the geographical area; and
storing, by the one or more computing devices, data indicative of the boundary of the geographical area in a database containing information associated with the geographical area.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for determining a boundary of a geographical area is provided. The system may include a pattern detection module, a location module, and a boundary module. The pattern detection module may be configured to identify a plurality of point of interest (POI) names associated with the geographical area from one or more web documents. The location module may be configured to identify a plurality of location coordinates corresponding to the identified POI names and the boundary module may be configured determine the boundary of the geographical area based on the location coordinates derived from the POI names.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for determining a boundary of a geographical area, the method comprising:
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identifying, by one or more computing devices, a plurality of point of interest (POI) names associated with the geographical area from one or more web documents, wherein identifying the plurality of POI names comprises retrieving the one or more web documents using a web crawling component and detecting, in the one or more web documents, a plurality of patterns from a list of predetermined patterns, each pattern including a POI name and a geographical area name arranged in a predetermined manner; locating, by the one or more computing devices, in a POI database, a plurality of POI listings corresponding to the identified POI names; determining, by the one or more computing devices, location coordinates derived from each of the POI listings; when a number of instances of detection of the geographic area reaches a threshold, calculating, by the one or more computing devices, the boundary of the geographical area, wherein the calculating step includes; identifying at one or more outlier location coordinates from the location coordinates derived from the POI listings; generating an updated list of location coordinates associated with the geographical area based on removing the outlier location coordinates from the location coordinates derived from the POI listings; and calculating the boundary of the geographical area based on the updated list of location coordinates associated with the geographical area; and storing, by the one or more computing devices, data indicative of the boundary of the geographical area in a database containing information associated with the geographical area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for determining a boundary of a geographical area, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; identifying a plurality of point of interest (POI) names associated with the geographical area from one or more web documents, wherein identifying the plurality of POI names comprises retrieving the one or more web documents using a web crawling component and detecting, in the one or more web documents, a plurality of patterns from a list of predetermined patterns, each pattern including a POI name and a geographical area name arranged in a predetermined manner; identifying a plurality of location coordinates corresponding to the identified POI names; when a number of instances of detection of the geographic area reaches a threshold, determining the boundary of the geographical area, wherein the determining step includes; identifying at one or more outlier location coordinates from the location coordinates corresponding to the identified POI names; generating an updated list of location coordinates associated with the geographical area based on removing the outlier location coordinates from the location coordinates corresponding to the identified POI names; and calculating the boundary of the geographical area based on the updated list of location coordinates associated with the geographical area; and storing data indicative of the boundary of the geographical area in a database containing information associated with the geographical area. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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identifying a plurality of point of interest (POI) names associated with the geographical area from one or more web documents, wherein identifying the plurality of POI names comprises retrieving the one or more web documents using a web crawling component and detecting, in the one or more web documents, a plurality of patterns from a list of predetermined patterns, each pattern including a POI name and a geographical area name arranged in a predetermined manner; determining a plurality of location coordinates corresponding to the identified POI names; and calculating boundary information for the geographical area, wherein the calculating step includes; identifying at one or more outlier location coordinates from the location coordinates corresponding to the identified POI names; generating an updated list of location coordinates associated with the geographical area based on removing the outlier location coordinates from the location coordinates corresponding to the identified POI names; and calculating the boundary of the geographical area based on the updated list of location coordinates associated with the geographical area; and storing data indicative of the boundary of the geographical area in a database containing information associated with the geographical area. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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