Patent ID: 11914662
Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
receive input, at an interface of a global positioning system (GPS) enabled mobile device, to open a mobile application, the mobile application comprising client software configured to access a client system;
without any additional input, access a location service of the GPS enabled mobile device to determine a GPS location;
without any additional input, access a current time;
without any additional input, automatically generate a query, the query comprising the GPS location and the current time;
based at least in part on executing the query on a content index, identifying local content in accordance with a location associated with the GPS location for the current time, in accordance with an editing target, wherein the editing target specifies a number of articles;
determining whether the editing target has been met;
upon determining that the number of articles specified by the editing target has not been met, climbing, by an editing algorithm, a place hierarchy to determine a larger geographic area in which to meet the editing target, the larger geographic area containing the location;
executing a modified query in accordance with the larger geographic area to identify results from the content index; and
display the results, via an interface, on the GPS enabled mobile device.