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System and method for providing recommendations with a location-based service

  • US 8,775,351 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2012
  • Issued: 07/08/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing recommendations by a location-based service, the method comprising acts of:

  • receiving, within an interface of a mobile device associated with a user, an input defining a query for a recommendation of one or more venue locations by the location-based service;

    determining, by the location-based service, a location of the mobile device;

    determining, a result set of venue locations based on the provided query;

    ordering, within the interface of the mobile device, a plurality of the venue locations of the result set based on at least one or more of a group of venue information comprising;

    personal information associated with the user, the personal information relating to one or more of the plurality of venue locations;

    social network information relating to the one or more of the plurality of venue locations; and

    popularity information that identifies a popularity of the one or more of the plurality of venue locations as determined by a set of users defined in the location-based service; and

    determining, for each of the venue locations in the result set, a respective score based on at least one or more of the group of venue information.

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