Business place comment relevance based on geographic position history

Abstract

Architecture that manages a location guestbook by enabling a user to add a review based on actually having visited the location. The location of the user can be validated as part of ensuring that the user visited the location. If a user did not actually visit the location the user is not allowed to add a review in the guestbook. The architecture can also identify that a user has left the location (checked out), and hence, suggest to the user to add a review for the location. If a user has visited the location multiple times, the user review is given a higher weighting, and hence, can be considered more reliable.

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Background technique [0001] Some platforms and websites provide online message board functionality that enables users to comment on locations such as places of business. However, a problem with commenting systems is credibility, where a user cannot determine who wrote a comment, the honesty of a comment, the location of a commenter such as a visitor or author with a given interest. In many instances, reviewers may be restaurant owners, family members, and friends. On the other hand, a reviewer may be a competing restaurant owner who simply enters a negative review of a competitor's establishment without even visiting the place. There is also a problem that users tend to forget to add comments due to loss of momentum (e.g. user wants to post a comment, but when they get home, user forgets to add a comment). Contents of the invention [0002] The following presents a simplified summary to provide a basic understanding of some of the novel embodiments described herein. This ...

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There is also a problem that users tend to forget to add comments because of loss of momentum (e.g. user wants to post a comment, but when they get home, user forgets to add a comment)

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