Patent ID: 9507801
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a request to identify points of interest (POIs) associated with a geographic location identified in the request; obtaining data identifying (i) candidate points of interest (POIs) associated with the geographic location that satisfy the request, (ii) a respective category associated with each candidate POI, and (iii) a non-scaled score associated with each candidate POI; scaling, for each of one or more particular categories and based on a respective number of candidate POIs associated with each of the one or more particular categories, the non-scaled scores of the candidate POIs associated with the one or more particular categories; ranking the candidate POIs using (i) the scaled scores, for the candidate POIs that are associated with the one or more particular categories, and (ii) the non-scaled scores, for the candidate POIs that are not associated with the one or more particular categories; and providing data that identifies two or more of the candidate POIs, as ranked according to the scaled scores and the non-scaled scores.