Patent ID: 9558210
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: identifying a given location; identifying at least one anticipated distance value for the given location, wherein the anticipated distance value is indicative of anticipated time to reach the given location and is determined based on one or both of travel times and travel distances of travel of users to other locations that share one or more characteristics with the given location; identifying, for members in a population with indicated travel to the given location, at least one actual distance value, wherein each actual distance value is indicative of actual time for one or more of the members to reach the given location; determining a quality measure for the given location based on a comparison of the anticipated distance value and the identified actual distance value, wherein the quality measure is determined based on a size of the difference between the anticipated distance value and the actual distance value; associating the quality measure with the given location; identifying an additional location; determining an additional quality measure for the additional location; identifying, in response to a query submitted via a computing device, a plurality of search results for the query, the search results including a first search result related to the given location and a second search result related to the additional location; ranking the search results, including ranking the first search result and the second search result based on the quality measure and the additional quality measure; and providing the ranked search results in response to the query.