Patent ID: 8364171
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, used by a location based service system including at least one server having at least one network interface, of identifying the current popularity of a physical named location to a user of a wireless device having a wireless communication interface and a geographic location sensor, comprising the acts of: a) receiving, from the wireless device, geographic location information corresponding to the geographic location of the wireless device based at least in part on information from the geographic location sensor of the wireless device; b) transmitting, to the wireless device, the names of a plurality of physical named locations near the geographic location of the wireless device and a measure of the current popularity of at least one of the plurality of the physical named locations based on: (i) a database including named locations and associated geographic location information describing physical named locations, and (ii) information relating to at least one other user of the system recently indicating that the other user is visiting at least one of the plurality of physical business locations; c) receiving, from the wireless device, an indicated named location, selected from the plurality of named locations, corresponding to the physical named location visited by the user of the wireless device to verify the physical named location visited by the user of the wireless device; and d) storing information indicating that the user of the wireless device visited the physical named location.