Patent ID: 8862589

Claim:
A method for determining an accuracy of location information that indicates a location at which content was created, the method being implemented in a computer that includes one or more processors, the method comprising: obtaining, by one or more processors programmed with computer program instructions, a geofeed definition comprising an indication of one or more geographically definable locations; obtaining, by the one or more processors, content based on the geofeed definition, the content aggregated from a plurality of content providers based on the indication of the one or more geographically definable locations, the content being provided by the plurality of content providers based on respective requests formatted specifically for individual ones of the plurality of content providers, wherein the respective requests comprise the one or more geographically definable locations; and obtaining, by the one or more processors, metadata associated with the content; determining, by the one or more processors, geotag data from the metadata, the geotag data indicating: (i) an automatically derived location, or (ii) a manually input location where the content was created; determining, by the one or more processors, a confidence level associated with the geotag data, wherein the confidence level is indicative of a likelihood that the geotag data accurately describes a location where the content was created; obtaining, by the one or more processors, a threshold confidence level; determining, by the one or more processors, whether the determined confidence level is above the threshold confidence level; and displaying, by the one or more processors, the content differently depending on the determination of whether the confidence level is above the threshold confidence level or below the threshold confidence level.