USER GENERATED DATA BASED MAP SEARCH

摘要

An apparatus for presenting search results includes a content module that gathers user-generated content from a plurality of users of a social networking service, the user-generated content relating to one or more of an event and an activity, a cluster module that identifies a cluster of related user-generated content from the location information of the gathered user-generated content, the cluster comprising a plurality of items of user-generated content relating to one or more of a common event and an activity that have a geographically similar location, an area module that determines an area containing the cluster of related user-generated content, a search module that receives a search query, the search query related to one or more of the common event and activity of the cluster, and a map display module that presents, on an electronic map, a boundary for the determined area.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a content module that gathers user-generated content from a plurality of users of a social networking service, the user-generated content relating to one or more of an event and an activity, each item of user-generated content comprising time and location information; a cluster module that identifies a cluster of related user-generated content from the location information of the gathered user-generated content, the cluster comprising a plurality of items of user-generated content relating to one or more of a common event and an activity that have a geographically similar location; an area module that determines an area containing the cluster of related user-generated content; a search module that receives a search query, the search query related to one or more of the common event and activity of the cluster; and a map display module that, in response to receiving the search query, presents, on an electronic map, a boundary for the determined area.