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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Mapquest, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Simon Hill, Englewood, CO (US);
Emilie Laffray, Croydon, GB;
Adam Risser, Lititz, PA (US);
Brian Quinion, Sheffield, GB;
Mapquest, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for ranking points of interest (POIs). According to one implementation, a computer-implemented method may be provided that includes receiving geographic information from a user device, and selecting a plurality of points of interest within the geographic region. The method may also include generating an initial ranking of the selected points of interest based on voting information received from the user device, viral input from a user's social network, and/or additional input based on searches for maps and travel directions for traversing a route. In addition, the method may include calculating a modified ranking of the selected points of interest.