Patent ID: 9076165
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
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 a physical named location visited by a user of a wireless device having a wireless communication interface and a geographic location sensor, comprising the acts of: receiving, from the wireless device, geographic location information corresponding to the geographic location of the wireless device determined using the geographic location sensor of the wireless device; transmitting, to the wireless device, a plurality of named locations near the geographic location of the wireless device by comparing the received geographic location information to a database including named locations and associated geographic location information; 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 that the physical named location has been visited by the user of the wireless device; storing information indicating that the user of the wireless device visited the physical named location in a location history associated with the user and associated with a user profile; receiving, via a communication session with the user, a review of the physical named location and storing the review as being associated with the user; transmitting the review of the physical named location to a third party; and, transmitting at least a portion of a profile associated with the user to the third party, the portion of the profile indicating that the user has been to the reviewed physical named location.