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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2011
Doug Coker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colby D. Ranger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Leon G. Palm, Santa Monica, CA (US);
John D. Westbrook, Reston, VA (US);
Daniel Berlin, North Potomac, MD (US);
Helen V. Hunt, Washington, DC (US);
Ethan C. Ambabo, Evanston, IL (US);
Doug Coker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colby D. Ranger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Leon G. Palm, Santa Monica, CA (US);
John D. Westbrook, Reston, VA (US);
Daniel Berlin, North Potomac, MD (US);
Helen V. Hunt, Washington, DC (US);
Ethan C. Ambabo, Evanston, IL (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes receiving (i) a request for ratable content, and (ii) information specifying a geographic location of a computing device; accessing a data repository configured to store items of ratable content, with an item of ratable content associated with a geographic location; obtaining a plurality of items of ratable content related to the geographic location of the computing device; sending, from the obtained items of ratable content, an item of ratable content to the computing device; receiving a request for ratable content associated with a level of granularity relative that is higher than the level of granularity of the sent item of ratable content; sending, to the computing device, another item of ratable content, from the obtained items of ratable content, that is associated with a level of granularity that is higher than the level of granularity of the previously sent item of ratable content.