Patent ID: 8595297

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving an information request from a user of a social network, the information request being associated with a business and comprising data specifying a geographic location; searching social network data stored on a storage device to identify a plurality of social network users with activity relating to the geographic location and the business associated with the information request; forming a question based upon the information request, the question relating to the business and the geographic location; directing, via a data processing system, the question to a first of the plurality of social network users; receiving an answer to the question from the first of the plurality of social network users; generating a rating of the answer based upon a popularity of the answer with friends of the user who have rated the business on the social network; providing the answer and the rating to the user; searching the social network data to identify a second of the plurality of social network users with further activity relating to the geographic location; directing the question to the second of the plurality of social network users; receiving a further answer to the question from the second of the plurality of social network users; and providing the further answer to the user, wherein the further activity related to the geographic location comprises location data received from a user device associated with the second of the plurality of social network users, wherein the location data further comprises location data relating to a favorite provided to the social network by the second of the plurality of social network users, and wherein the favorite is associated with a further geographic location that is located within a predetermined distance of the geographic location.