Patent ID: 9483567
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for promoting points of interest (POIs) for display on a digital map at a client computing device based on context information associated with a user, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, location data from a client computing device, the location data indicating a current geographic location of the computing device; determining, by the one or more processors, a user classification using (i) the location data and (ii) user profile data, the user classification indicating a degree of familiarity with the location indicated by the location data, including determining whether the user is one of (i) a tourist or (ii) a local; determining, by the one or more processors, first promotion data when it is determined that the user is a tourist and second promotion data when it is determined that the user is a local, the promotion data indicating one or more sets of POIs to be promoted; and sending, by the one or more processors, the determined promotion data to the client computing device, wherein the promotion data enables display on the client computing device of the one or more indicated sets of POIs to generate a first screen when the user is a tourist and a second screen when the user is a local, wherein the first screen and the second screen include different sets of POIs.