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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Melanie Clements, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Melanie Clements, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to identifying incorrect or fraudulent business listings. More specifically, business listings may be validated by comparing the listing information to information identified from images at or near the location of the business. For example, a plurality of geolocated street level images of various locations may be categorized using computer vision techniques. A particular business listing may include, among other information, a location (address, etc.) as well as a business category. The pre-categorized images are then selected based on the location of the particular business listing. The categories of the selected images are then compared to the category of the particular business listing to validate the business listing.