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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Max Benjamin Braun, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Ryan Casey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining whether a point-of-interest (POI) corresponds to a tourist location are provided. A method includes receiving a set of assessments for the POI. Each assessment in the set of assessments includes an associated user account. Each assessment in the set of assessments includes a web-based assessment or an in-person assessment of the POI by the associated user account. The method also includes, for plural assessments in the set of assessments, determining whether the associated user account is a tourist user account or a local user account. The method also includes determining a touristiness value for the POI based on a number of in-person assessments including an associated tourist user account, a number of in-person assessments including an associated local user account, a number of web-based assessments including an associated tourist user account, or a number of web-based assessments including an associated local user account.