Using Place of Accommodation as a Signal for Ranking Reviews and Point of Interest Search Results
Patent №
US 9,817,907
Granted
2017-11-14
Filed 2014
Owner
GOOGLE INC.
AI components
3
nlp · kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14308012
Systems and methods for using place of accommodation as a signal for ranking reviews and point of interest search results are provided. One example method includes receiving a search query from a user and identifying a place of accommodation at which the user is staying. The method includes determining a score for each of a plurality of points of interest according to a scoring formula. The scoring formula provides the score based on a plurality of reviews of each point of interest. Reviews provided by reviewers that were staying at the place of accommodation have a greater influence on the score than reviews provided by reviewers that were not staying at the place of accommodation. The method includes selecting one or more of the plurality of points of interest to provide as search results to the user based the plurality of scores.
AI classification
Ownership
GOOGLE INC.
assignment · 331290735
Assignors
SHARIFI, MATTHEW
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.