Patent ID: 8260315

Claim:
A method for providing location description over a network, wherein the method is performed by a network device that enables actions comprising: in response to a request for information regarding a geographic coordinate from a first member of a social network, providing a location name to the first member, wherein the location name is associated by a second member of the social network with the geographic coordinate; receiving another location name that is provided by the first member for association with the geographic coordinate; in response to another request for location information associated with the geographic coordinate, providing at least the location name and the other location name and a relevancy score, and wherein the relevancy score represents at least a frequency of an identification of the geographic coordinate by at least the other location name by at least one member of the social network; and in response to the other request for the location information, providing the location name and at least the other location name based on at least the relevancy score and a degree of separation between the first member and the second member of the social network.