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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shanni A. Weilert, San Jose, CA (US);

Ryan Studelska, Bethlehem, GA (US);

Ren Wang, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ievgeniia Gutenko, Port Jefferson, NY (US);

Fang Ji, San Mateo, CA (US);

Andrei Makhanov, San Jose, CA (US);

Aditya Rane, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jarad M. Fisher, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Akila Suresh, San Jose, CA (US);

Ashish C. Nagre, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Andrew Williams, Mountain View, CA (US);

Victor Shugaev, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/362 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
Abstract

The present technology improves points-of-interest (POIs) in applications by the gathering and use of data available from various sources to improve metadata of POIs in applications (e.g., map applications) or any other metadata or information that may be of interest to a user regarding any given POI. The present technology resolves transactions to POIs or Brands (in a map application, for example) and improves, updates, creates, and removes POIs/Brands. The present technology can also gain a clear name, granular and correct categorization, a URL, phone/chat contact info, etc. of the transactions.


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