Patent ID: 8645366
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a request to search for a point of interest recommendation, the request including a query and a geographic region, the request being associated with a social network group; determining, by a processor, a set of points of interest responsive to the query, each point of interest associated with a geographic location in the geographic region; ordering the points of interest based on the relevance of the points of interest to the request, the relevance of each point of interest based on whether the point of interest includes an expression of interest, whether the expression of interest is by a member of the social network group and one of the frequency and number of interactions of the member with data similar to the query; and providing for display at least a subset of the set of points of interest based on the order, wherein the ordering the points of interest comprises 1) assigning a highest rank to a first subset of points of interest which are associated with expressions of interest from members of the social network group, 2) assigning a second highest rank to a second subset of points of interest which are associated with expressions of interest from nonmembers of the social network group who use a social networking service, and 3) assigning a lowest rank to a third subset of points of interest which are not associated with expressions of interest from members of a social networking service.