Patent ID: 9179258
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: under control of one or more processors of a server device: obtaining location data that corresponds to physical locations of a first user device and a second user device; identifying places or events that are associated with the physical locations of the first user device and the second user device; identifying context information that is associated with the places or the events visited by the first user device and the second user device, the context information relating to an action associated with the places or the events; determining a similarity of the context information for the places or the events that are associated with the first user device and the second user device; identifying a number of common places or events visited by the first user device and the second user device based at least in part on the similarity of the context information being greater than a predetermined threshold; and at least partly in response to the determining that the similarity of the context information is greater than the predetermined threshold, indicating that a first user associated with the first user device and a second user associated with the second user device are likely to share common interests.