Location-Based Place Determination Using Online Social Networks

    公开(公告)号:US20170156033A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-01

    申请号:US15432457

    申请日:2017-02-14

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W4/023 H04L51/32 H04W4/02

    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more computing devices of an online social network, receives, from a mobile-client system, geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system. The one or more computing devices identify multiple candidate place-entities associated with the online social network that correspond to the geographic-location information, where each candidate place-entity is associated with a particular geographic location. The method also includes determining, for each candidate place-entity, a confidence score based on the geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system, where the confidence score represents a probability that the first user is located at the candidate place-entity. A location-probability distribution associated with the candidate place-entity can also be used to calculate the confidence score. The one or more computing devices send, to the mobile-client system, information associated with one or more of the candidate place-entities based on their respective confidence scores.

    Location-based place determination using online social networks

    公开(公告)号:US10003922B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-19

    申请号:US15432457

    申请日:2017-02-14

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W4/023 H04L51/32 H04W4/029

    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more computing devices of an online social network, receives, from a mobile-client system, geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system. The one or more computing devices identify multiple candidate place-entities associated with the online social network that correspond to the geographic-location information, where each candidate place-entity is associated with a particular geographic location. The method also includes determining, for each candidate place-entity, a confidence score based on the geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system, where the confidence score represents a probability that the first user is located at the candidate place-entity. A location-probability distribution associated with the candidate place-entity can also be used to calculate the confidence score. The one or more computing devices send, to the mobile-client system, information associated with one or more of the candidate place-entities based on their respective confidence scores.

    Location-based place determination using online social networks

    公开(公告)号:US09602965B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-21

    申请号:US14935263

    申请日:2015-11-06

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W4/023 H04L51/32 H04W4/02

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices of an online social network, receiving, from a mobile-client system of a first user of the online social network, geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system. The method further includes identifying multiple candidate place-entities associated with the online social network that correspond to the geographic-location information, where each candidate place-entity is associated with a particular geographic location. The method also includes determining, for each candidate place-entity, a confidence score based on the geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system and a location-probability distribution associated with the candidate place-entity, where the confidence score represents a probability that the first user is located at the candidate place-entity. The method also includes sending, to the mobile-client system of the first user, information associated with one or more of the candidate place-entities having a confidence score above a threshold confidence score.

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