Method for determining points of interest based on user communications and location

摘要

Present invention refers to a method for providing recommendations of points of interest to a user of a communication or other online service based on a location. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining communication details or other online event activities from other users of the communication service ; associating a location to the data usage of the other users; storing the location associated to the data usage in a database; making a list comprising locations stored in the database; defining for each location of the list, the nearest point of interest, being the points of interest a list of places previously provided; the user providing a location and requesting for the points of interest within a certain distance from the location provided by the user; ranking the points of interest within the certain distance according to the data usage of other users without disclosing their identity; and providing the user the ranked list of points of interest, enabling users to consult/perform a communication to users that communicated or produced other events at that location without disclosing their identity to him.