Patent ID: 8799004
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a concentration of businesses in a subset of a geographic area by coloring a map based upon a business type of the businesses, comprising the steps of: defining, in at least one computer system, a plurality of commercial land use types according to competing business purpose; assigning, in the at least one computer system, at least one of a plurality of commercial land use types to each of a plurality of businesses in the subset of the geographic area; associating, in the at least one computer system, a color to each of the plurality of commercial land use types; calculating, in the at least one computer system, a predominant commercial land use for a plurality of areas within the subset of the geographic area from among the plurality of commercial land use types assigned in the geographic area; generating, in the at least one computer system, the map displaying the geographical area; and coloring, in the at least one computer system, in a map user interface each of the plurality of areas in the subset of the geographic area on the map the color assigned to the predominant commercial land use.