GPS suggestions based on social points of interest (POI) metadata

• US 9,876,868 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2015
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Lisa Seacat, Quirk, Aaron J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M
• Application Number:
  US14/656,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20160269474A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,048 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561, 4554563, 455457, 370338, 715733, 715780, 705 1453, 705 1458, 3406866
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A method is disclosed for providing notice of geo-locations of potential interest to a user. The method includes obtaining the user'"'"'s current geo-location, collecting geo-locations indicated in the user'"'"'s network-based social data, and collecting geo-locations indicated in network-based social data of other persons who are identified in the user'"'"'s network-based social data. The user'"'"'s current geolocation is compared with the collected geo-locations, ones of the collected geo-locations are selected responsive to the comparing, and the selected ones are presented to the user.

Claims

1. A system for providing notice of geo-locations of potential interest to a user, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium connected to the processor, wherein the computer readable storage medium has stored thereon a program for controlling the processor, and wherein the processor is operative with the program to execute the program for;

collecting geo-locations, including collecting geo-locations indicated as points of interest in network-based social data of the user and collecting geo-locations indicated as points of interest in network-based social data of other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data, wherein the collecting is independent of the current geo-locations of the user and of the other persons who are identified as friends, and wherein the collecting includes;

detecting media shows for which the user performs at least one of media show viewing, media show purchasing and media show renting, wherein detecting the media shows includes accessing user activity on media services of the user;

detecting text-based publications for which the user performs at least one of text-based publication viewing, text-based publication purchasing and text-based publication renting, wherein detecting the text-based publications includes accessing user activity on ebook-type media accounts of the user;

searching websites, including websites that report about the detected media shows, websites that analyze the detected media shows, websites that review the detected media shows, websites that report about the detected text-based publications, websites that analyze the detected text-based publications and websites that review the detected text-based publications;

responsive to the searching of the websites finding a location repeatedly mentioned for a detected media show, collecting the mentioned location as a socially significant location and storing an association between the socially significant location and the media show; and

responsive to the searching of the websites finding a location repeatedly mentioned for a detected text-based publication, collecting the mentioned location as a socially significant location and storing an association between the socially significant location and the text-based publication;

wherein the processor is further operative with the program to execute the program for;

obtaining a current geo-location of the user;

comparing the user'"'"'s current geo-location with the collected geo-locations;

selecting ones of the collected geo-locations responsive to the comparing; and

presenting the selected ones of the geo-locations to the user responsive to the user'"'"'s current geo-location, wherein when the presented location is one of the socially significant locations having at least one of the stored associations with a media show, the presenting includes presenting information about the media show and when the presented location is one of the socially significant locations having at least one of the stored associations with a text-based publication, the presenting includes presenting information about the text-based publication.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

collecting geo-locations indicated by favorable ratings of the geo-locations in the network-based social data of the user'"'"'s and the other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

collecting the geo-location of an employer of a person indicated in the social data of a person identified as a friend in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the collected geo-locations include geo-locations impliedly indicated by text-based content.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the collecting geo-locations comprises:

determining producing persons who perform at least one of writing, directing and acting in at least one of the detected media shows and producing persons who write at least one of the detected text-based publications; and

collecting geo-locations indicated as points of interest in network-based social data of the producing persons.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the collecting geo-locations comprises:

collecting a geo-location indicated as a point of interest in network-based social data of a person who is indicated as a friend in the social data of other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

7. A computer program product for providing notice of geo-locations of potential interest to a user, the computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a computer system, wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to implement a method comprising:

collecting geo-locations, including collecting geo-locations indicated as points of interest in network-based social data of the user and collecting geo-locations indicated as points of interest in network-based social data of other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data, wherein the collecting is independent of the current geo-location of the user and of the other persons who are identified as friends; and

wherein the collecting includes;

detecting media shows for which the user performs at least one of media show viewing, media show purchasing and media show renting, wherein detecting the media shows includes accessing user activity on media services of the user;

detecting text-based publications for which the user performs at least one of text-based publication viewing, text-based publication purchasing and text-based publication renting, wherein detecting the text-based publications includes accessing user activity on ebook-type media accounts of the user;

searching websites, including websites that report about the detected media shows, websites that analyze the detected media shows, websites that review the detected media shows, websites that report about the detected text-based publications, websites that analyze the detected text-based publications and websites that review the detected text-based publications;

responsive to the searching of the websites finding a location repeatedly mentioned for a detected media show, collecting the mentioned location as a socially significant location and storing an association between the socially significant location and the media show; and

responsive to the searching of the websites finding a location repeatedly mentioned for a detected text-based publication, collecting the mentioned location as a socially significant location and storing an association between the socially significant location and the text-based publication;

wherein the processor is further operative with the program to execute the program for;

obtaining a current geo-location of the user;

comparing the user'"'"'s current geo-location with the collected geo-locations;

selecting ones of the collected geo-locations responsive to the comparing; and

presenting the selected ones of the geo-locations to the user responsive to the user'"'"'s current geo-location, wherein when the presented location is one of the socially significant locations having at least one of the stored associations with a media show, the presenting includes presenting information about the media show and when the presented location is one of the socially significant locations having at least one of the stored associations with a text-based publication, the presenting includes presenting information about the text-based publication.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

collecting geo-locations indicated by favorable ratings of the geo-locations in the network-based social data of the user'"'"'s and the other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

collecting the geo-location of an employer of a person indicated in the social data of a person identified as a friend in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the collected geo-locations include geo-locations impliedly indicated by text-based context.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

collecting geo-locations indicated by text about the geo-locations in the network-based social data of the user'"'"'s and feeds of the other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

determining producing persons who perform at least one of writing, directing and acting in at least one of the detected media shows and producing persons who write at least one of the detected text-based publications; and

collecting geo-locations indicated as points of interest in network-based social data of the producing persons.

13. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

collecting a geo-location indicated as a point of interest in network-based social data of a person who is indicated as a friend in the social data of other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

14. A method for providing notice of geo-locations of potential interest to a user comprising:

collecting geo-locations, including collecting geo-locations indicated as points of interest in network-based social data of the user and collecting geo-locations indicated as points of interest in network-based social data of other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data, wherein the collecting is independent of the current geo-locations of the user and of the other persons who are identified as friends, and wherein the collecting includes;

detecting media shows for which the user performs at least one of media show viewing, media show purchasing and media show renting, wherein detecting the media shows includes accessing user activity on media services of the user;

detecting text-based publications for which the user performs at least one of text-based publication viewing, text-based publication purchasing and text-based publication renting, wherein detecting the text-based publications includes accessing user activity on ebook-type media accounts of the user;

searching websites, including websites that report about the detected media shows, websites that analyze the detected media shows, websites that review the detected media shows, websites that report about the detected text-based publications, websites that analyze the detected text-based publications and websites that review the detected text-based publications;

responsive to the searching of the websites finding a location repeatedly mentioned for a detected media show, collecting the mentioned location as a socially significant location and storing an association between the socially significant location and the media show; and

responsive to the searching of the websites finding a location repeatedly mentioned for a detected text-based publication, collecting the mentioned location as a socially significant location and storing an association between the socially significant location and the text-based publication;

wherein the processor is further operative with the program to execute the program for;

obtaining a current geo-location of the user;

comparing the user'"'"'s current geo-location with the collected geo-locations;

selecting ones of the collected geo-locations responsive to the comparing; and

presenting the selected ones of the geo-locations to the user responsive to the user'"'"'s current geo-location, wherein when the presented location is one of the socially significant locations having at least one of the stored associations with a media show, the presenting includes presenting information about the media show and when the presented location is one of the socially significant locations having at least one of the stored associations with a text-based publication, the presenting includes presenting information about the text-based publication.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the collecting geo-locations comprises:

determining producing persons who perform at least one of writing, directing and acting in at least one of the detected media shows and producing persons who write at least one of the detected text-based publications; and

collecting geo-locations indicated as points of interest in network-based social data of the producing persons.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the collecting geo-locations comprises:

collecting a geo-location indicated as a point of interest in network-based social data of a person who is indicated as a friend in the social data of other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

collecting geo-locations indicated by favorable ratings of the geo-locations in the network-based social data of the user'"'"'s and the other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

collecting the geo-location of an employer of a person indicated in the social data of a person identified as a friend in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the collected geo-locations include geo-locations impliedly indicated by text-based content.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein collecting the geo-locations comprises:

collecting geo-locations indicated by text about the geo-locations in the network-based social data of the user'"'"'s and feeds of the other persons who are identified as friends in the user'"'"'s network-based social data.