People and business search result optimization

• US 20080228719A1
• Filed: 03/13/2007
• Published: 09/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Abhyanker, Raj Vasant, Thota, Chandrasekhar
• Application Number:
  US11/717,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20080228719A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system of people and business search result optimization are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a query prompt to a user to enter a search data, referencing a request of the user of a particular listing with a database and automatically creating a profile having seeded data determined through the request when the request does not have a matching record in the database. The method may further include geo-spatially mapping a location associated with the request when the request includes a location information that is in the database, simultaneously rendering a map with the profile having seeded data based on the geo-spatial mapping of the location associated with the request, creating a marker, visually representing the profile in the map and generating the marker with other markers indicating profiles of an adjacent business and residential listings to the location associated with the profile.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a query prompt to a user to enter a search data;

referencing a request of the user of a particular listing with a database; and

automatically creating a profile having seeded data determined through the request when the request does not have a matching record in the database.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

geo-spatially mapping a location associated with the request when the request includes a location information that is in the database;

simultaneously rendering a map with the profile having seeded data based on the geo-spatial mapping of the location associated with the request;

creating a marker to visually represent the profile in the map; and

generating the marker along with other markers indicating profiles of an adjacent business and residential listings to the location associated with the profile.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising reducing a time delay associated with displaying the profile having seeded data by generating the profile having seeded data while rendition of the map and generation of the marker are in progress.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

confirming an accuracy of the request with the user prior to automatically creating the profile having seeded data; and

updating the profile based on additional information provided by the user when the profile is automatically created.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising referencing the request with a spell check database and a linguistic database when confirming the accuracy of the request with the user prior to automatically creating the profile having seeded data.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising prompting the user to confirm the automatic creation of the profile after determining that the request does not have a matching record in the database.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising suggesting an alternate listing based on at least one of a category, a type, an interest, a location, and a demographic when the request does not have the matching record in the database.

8. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

transforming the profile into a claimable wiki profile when automatically creating the profile;

updating the additional information when any user modifies information in the claimable wiki profile;

displaying the claimable wiki profile when the request is subsequently entered by other users in the query prompt; and

securing the claimable wiki profile when the claimable wiki profile is claimed by a verified user in a geo-spatial social network.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

automatically merging duplicate listings in the database based on a neural network algorithm that compares the profile having seeded data with other profiles created in the geo-spatial social network based on an identifier and location data;

generating a city center location to serve as a repository of automatically generated profiles in which street address information is al least one of missing and invalid in a particular city;

creating a distinctive marker indicating multiple records each needing further verification by users of the geo-spatial social network at the city center location; and

automatically creating profiles based on transferred address data acquired through a plurality of online address and contact databases into the geo-spatial social network and associated with the user when the user provides permission of such transfers.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

creating a moderators group in which certain users of the geo-spatial network are elected to verify and ensure accuracy of listings, both wiki and claimed, in a territory allocated to the moderators group; and

removing certain ones of the listings, both wiki and claimed, based on the request of the moderators group.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing a spider search of an Internet to automatically append additional data, images and videos to the profile having seeded data when at least substantial matches are found between the spider search and the seeded data in the profile.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

providing another query prompt to the user to enter a group data;

referencing another request of the user of a particular group with a groups database; and

automatically creating a new group titled through the another request when the another request does not have a matching record in the groups database.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

automatically notifying neighboring users to a location of the user associated with the profile having seeded data to encourage the neighboring users to submit additional information in the profile having seeded data and to verify its authenticity through a tiered voting system in which a certain number of delete flags are required to remove the profile having seeded data.

14. The method of claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.

15. A system comprising:

a geo-spatial search server having an auto-add module to ensure that searches are automatically added as records in a database when results are not found and appropriately geo-tagged on a map view; and

a plurality of client devices coupled to the geo-spatial search server to submit queries to the geo-spatial search server and to offer additional information to search queries in which there are no preexisting records in the database of the geo-spatial search server.

16. The system of claim 15 further comprising a wiki module in the geo-spatial search server to enable registered users to modify content associated with automatically added records in the database of the geo-spatial search server.

17. The system of claim 16 further comprising a notification module to alert certain users that are determined by the geo-spatial search server to be physically located adjacent to a location associated with the automatically added search results to verify a legitimacy of the automatically added records.

18. A method comprising:

automatically creating markers having seeded data in a geo-spatial environment when a search criteria does not match data in a database; and

simultaneously placing created markers alongside adjacent location markers indicating profiles of claimed users and unclaimed wiki profiles in a geo-spatial social network based on a location data provided in the search criteria.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

generating a unique marker to indicate a location at which created markers have been aggregated when location information is incomplete; and

segmenting the location as one in which unfound search queries can be updated by future wiki contributors in the geo-spatial social network.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

confirming an accuracy of the search criteria with a user prior to automatically creating markers having seeded data; and

associating with any of the markers, a profile based on additional information provided by the user contemporaneously with the search criteria.