Patent ID: 9195987
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of determining if a business listing is a valid business listing, the method comprising: receiving a business listing that contains geolocation information and the name of a business; receiving an originating time of the business that identifies when the business was set up at an address indicated by the geolocation information of the business listing; receiving an image related to a geographic object initially associated with the business listing; receiving timing information related to when the image was captured; verifying, with a processor, if the geographic object is actually associated with the business by comparing the geolocation information of the business listing with location information of the image; and if the business listing is not associated with the location information of the image, determining with the processor that the business listing is spam or is a closed business, wherein the determination is based at least in part on whether the originating time is after the timing information.