Systems and methods to determine the name of a physical business location visited by a user of a wireless device and verify the authenticity of reviews of the physical business location

摘要

Methods and systems that ascertain and record the specific named location of a user of a wireless device. A geographic location of a mobile device based on a geographic location sensor is received. A selection of the likely locations that may have been visited is provided to the wireless device based on location data. A verification of the specific named location of the user is received from the wireless device based on the provided selection of locations. The location history is updated with, for example, the location of the wireless device, the specific named location visited, and time of day information. A user may then provide a review of the specific named location visited. The review is stored in a format associated with the user. A portion of the user's profile may also show a third party that the user has visited the physical named location that was reviewed.

主权项

1. A method, used by a location based service system including at least one server having at least one network interface, of identifying a physical named location visited by a user of a wireless device having a wireless communication interface and a geographic location sensor, comprising the acts of:
receiving, from the wireless device, geographic location information corresponding to the geographic location of the wireless device determined using the geographic location sensor of the wireless device; transmitting, to the wireless device, a plurality of named locations near the geographic location of the wireless device by comparing the received geographic location information to a database including named locations and associated geographic location information; receiving, from the wireless device, an indicated named location, selected from the plurality of named locations, corresponding to the physical named location visited by the user of the wireless device to verify that the physical named location has been visited by the user of the wireless device; storing information indicating that the user of the wireless device visited the physical named location in a location history associated with the user and associated with a user profile; receiving, via a communication session with the user, a review of the physical named location and storing the review as being associated with the user; transmitting the review of the physical named location to a third party; and, transmitting at least a portion of a profile associated with the user to the third party, the portion of the profile indicating that the user has been to the reviewed physical named location.