Systems and methods to recommend businesses to a user of a wireless device based on a location history associated with the user

摘要

In general, the invention relates to methods and systems that record the location of a user and determine the corresponding physical named location (e.g. business location) visited by the user. The system further provides suggested or recommended destinations and targeted content to the user. A network includes a server programmed with a database of location information, a database of user information, payment account information, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The system determines the physical named location (e.g. business location) visited by the user at a particular time and stores the information in a location history. The system further provides suggested or recommended businesses of interest based on the user's current location and location history.

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, storing the identified named location in a location history associated with the user, and recommending a business of interest to the user, comprising the acts of:
a) receiving, from the wireless device, geographic location information corresponding to the geographic location of the wireless device determined based at least in part on information from the geographic location sensor of the wireless device; b) transmitting, to the wireless device, the name of at least two of a plurality of named locations selected because they are near the geographic location of the wireless device based on a database including named locations and associated geographic location information; c) receiving, from the wireless device, an indicated named location, selected from the at least two of a plurality of named locations, corresponding to the physical named location visited by the user of the wireless device to verify the physical named location visited by the user of the wireless device; d) storing information indicating that the user of the wireless device visited the physical named location in the location history associated with the user; e) receiving at a subsequent time, from the wireless device, geographic location information corresponding to an updated geographic location of the wireless device determined based at least in part on information from the geographic location sensor of the wireless device; and, f) transmitting, to the wireless device, a recommended business of interest to the user, based on the updated geographic location of the wireless device and the location history associated with the user.