Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining relative interest levels of tourists and locals in points of interest
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Application No.: US14051386Application Date: 2013-10-10
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Publication No.: US09852436B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Max Benjamin Braun , Matthew Ryan Casey
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Dority & Manning, PA
- Main IPC: G06Q10/00
- IPC: G06Q10/00 ; G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/02 ; G01C21/36

Abstract:
Systems and methods for determining whether a point-of-interest (POI) corresponds to a tourist location are provided. A method includes receiving a set of assessments for the POI. Each assessment in the set of assessments includes an associated user account. Each assessment in the set of assessments includes a web-based assessment or an in-person assessment of the POI by the associated user account. The method also includes, for plural assessments in the set of assessments, determining whether the associated user account is a tourist user account or a local user account. The method also includes determining a touristiness value for the POI based on a number of in-person assessments including an associated tourist user account, a number of in-person assessments including an associated local user account, a number of web-based assessments including an associated tourist user account, or a number of web-based assessments including an associated local user account.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170098228A1 DETERMINING RELATIVE INTEREST LEVELS OF TOURISTS AND LOCALS IN POINTS OF INTEREST Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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