Patent ID: 9111282
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for identifying business records, the method comprising: extracting, using the one or more computing devices, one or more characteristics from a target business listing that has been provided by an account; comparing, using the one or more computing devices, the extracted characteristics to a set of known characteristics associated with one or more known business listings of a known type, wherein the set of known characteristics are stored in a characteristic database; identifying, using the one or more computing devices, a business listing type of the target business listing based on the comparison of the extracted characteristics to the set of known characteristics, wherein the identified business listing type of the target business listing comprises a spam business listing; identifying, using the one or more computing devices, one or more other business listings that have been provided by the account; identifying, using the one or more computing devices, one or more additional characteristics of the one or more other business listings; updating, using the one or more computing devices, the characteristic database with the one or more characteristics from the target business listing and the one or more additional characteristics based on identification of the business listing type as a spam business listing; and filtering out listings identified as spam from a business listing server.