AUTOMATIC GEO METADATA GATHER BASED ON USER'S ACTION

• US 20150199429A1
• Filed: 01/14/2014
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kritt, Barry A., Rakshit, Sarbajit K.
• Application Number:
  US14/154,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20150199429A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Provided are techniques for gathering geo-metadata corresponding to a plurality of locations; correlating each datum of the geo-metadata with a particular location of the plurality of locations; storing in conjunction with each particular datum information identifying the particular location correlated to each particular datum to produce a location/geo-metadata information source; mining the geo-metadata information source to generate a plurality of patterns associated with the plurality of locations; and searching the plurality of patterns in response to a query for information to produce an answer to the query.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

gathering geo-metadata corresponding to a plurality of locations;

correlating each datum of the geo-metadata with a particular location of the plurality of locations;

storing in conjunction with each particular datum information identifying the particular location correlated to each particular datum to produce a location/geo-metadata information source; and

mining the geo-metadata information source to generate a plurality of patterns associated with the plurality of locations; and

searching the plurality of patterns in response to a query for information to produce an answer to the query.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the locations correspond to one or more of a list, the list consisting of:

businesses;

restaurants;

geographical locations;

public places;

coffee shops; and

movie theaters.

3. The method of claim 1, the gathering comprising collecting the geo-metadata from a plurality of mobile computing devices.

4. The method of claim 3, the plurality of mobile computing devices comprising any number of computing devices from a list of computing devices, the list comprising:

mobile telephones;

cameras;

video cameras;

laptop computers;

tablet computers; and

global positioning system (GPS) devices.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of patterns are from a list of patterns, the list consisting of:

length of time spent at a location; and

time of day at which a datum was collected; and

day of week at which a datum was collected.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein information identifying the particular location is a reference to a record in a remote database.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising normalizing the geo-metadata.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of processors;

a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium coupled to the plurality of processors; and

logic, stored on the computer-readable storage medium and executed on the plurality of processors, for;

gathering geo-metadata corresponding to a plurality of locations;

correlating each datum of the geo-metadata with a particular location of the plurality of locations;

storing in conjunction with each particular datum information identifying the particular location correlated to each particular datum to produce a location/geo-metadata information source; and

mining the geo-metadata information source to generate a plurality of patterns associated with the plurality of locations; and

searching the plurality of patterns in response to a query for information to produce an answer to the query.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the locations correspond to one or more of a list, the list consisting of:

businesses;

restaurants;

geographical locations;

public places;

coffee shops; and

movie theaters.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, the logic for gathering comprising logic for collecting the geo-metadata from a plurality of mobile computing devices.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, the plurality of mobile computing devices comprising any number of computing devices from a list of computing devices, the list comprising:

mobile telephones;

cameras;

video cameras;

laptop computers;

tablet computers; and

global positioning system (GPS) devices.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the plurality of patterns are from a list of patterns, the list consisting of:

length of time spent at a location; and

time of day at which a datum was collected; and

day of week at which a datum was collected.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein information identifying the particular location is a reference to a record in a remote database.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, the logic further comprising logic for normalizing the geo-metadata.

15. A computer programming product, comprising:

a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium; and

logic, stored on the computer-readable storage medium and executed on the plurality of processors, for;

gathering geo-metadata corresponding to a plurality of locations;

correlating each datum of the geo-metadata with a particular location of the plurality of locations;

storing in conjunction with each particular datum information identifying the particular location correlated to each particular datum to produce a location/geo-metadata information source; and

mining the geo-metadata information source to generate a plurality of patterns associated with the plurality of locations; and

searching the plurality of patterns in response to a query for information to produce an answer to the query.

16. The computer programming product of claim 15, wherein the locations correspond to one or more of a list, the list consisting of:

businesses;

restaurants;

geographical locations;

public places;

coffee shops; and

movie theaters.

17. The computer programming product of claim 15, the logic for gathering comprising logic for collecting the geo-metadata from a plurality of mobile computing devices.

18. The computer programming product of claim 17, the plurality of mobile computing devices comprising any number of computing devices from a list of computing devices, the list comprising:

mobile telephones;

cameras;

video cameras;

laptop computers;

tablet computers; and

global positioning system (UPS) devices.

19. The computer programming product of claim 15, wherein the plurality of patterns are from a list of patterns, the list consisting of:

length of time spent at a location; and

time of day at which a datum was collected; and

day of week at which a datum was collected.

20. The computer programming product of claim 15, wherein information identifying the particular location is a reference to a record in a remote database.