Method and apparatus for integration of community-provided place data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016004753-A1
Application number	US-201514853439-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 14, 2015
Priority date	Mar 30, 2009
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An approach is provided for integrating place metadata provided by a community of metadata builders, including receiving registration data that indicates one or more values for a corresponding one or more attributes that describe a place. A place is associated with a geographic location. Providing an indication of match between the registration data and metadata for a predetermined place is also initiated. In some embodiments, a new entry for a set of predetermined places is generated based on validating the registration data and a negligible degree of match. In some embodiments, a unique identifier for the place is included in indication of match for either a new place represented by the registration data or a matching predetermined place.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform at least the following:
receiving registration data that indicates one or more values for a corresponding one or more attributes that describe a place that is associated with a geographic location; and initiating providing indication of a match between the registration data and metadata for a predetermined place, wherein the registration data includes one or more fields that hold the one or more values.

2 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:
validating the registration data; and generating a new entry for predetermined places based on the validation of the registration data and a negligible degree of match.

3 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 2 , wherein the indication of the match further indicates a unique identifier for the place, the unique identifier corresponding to the new entry of the place within a data structure, the predetermined places having been assigned respectively a plurality of unique identifiers within the data structure.

4 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform determining a degree of match using a fuzzy matching algorithm that applies place category matching, place name matching, nearby matching, previous selection matching, or a combination thereof.

5 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 2 , wherein the indication of the match further indicates a candidate place of one or more predetermined places based on the validation of the registration data and determining that the registration data matches the candidate place to a predetermined degree.

6 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the apparatus is caused to further perform building a token for a candidate place if the registration data matches the candidate place to a predetermined degree; the token includes data that indicates a difference between the registration data and the candidate place; and the indication of the match further includes the token for the candidate place.

7 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the token includes a unique identifier for the candidate place if the candidate place is one of predetermined places.

8 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:
receiving a candidate selection message that indicates a single token selected by a user; and initiating updating of a set of predetermined places for the candidate place based on the single token.

9 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein building the token for the candidate place further comprises generating the candidate place by automatically correcting the registration data.

10 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the indication of the match includes a plurality of tokens for a plurality of candidate places.

11 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform initiating sending an error message if the registration data omits a value for a place name attribute or a place category attribute or a geographic location attribute.

12 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein initiating updating of the set of predetermined places for the candidate place based on the single token further comprises initiating deleting or merging one of the predetermined places.

13 . A computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform learning a heuristic for selecting a candidate based on the single token selected by the user.

14 . An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that if executed cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
receive registration data that indicates one or more values for a corresponding one or more attributes that describe a place that is associated with a geographic location; and initiate providing an indication of a match between the registration data and metadata for a predetermined place, wherein the registration data includes one or more fields that hold the one or more values.

15 . An apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to:
validate the registration data; and create a new entry for predetermined places based on the validation of the registration data and a negligible degree of match.

16 . An apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the indication of the match further indicates a unique identifier for the place, the unique identifier corresponding to the new entry of the place within a data structure, a set of predetermined places having been assigned respectively a plurality of unique identifiers within the data structure.

17 . An apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to determine a degree of match using a fuzzy matching algorithm that applies place category matching, place name matching, nearby matching, previous selection matching, or a combination thereof.

18 . An apparatus of claim 14 , wherein:
the apparatus is further configured to build a token for a candidate place if the registration data matches the candidate place to a predetermined degree; the token includes data that indicates a difference between the registration data and the candidate place; and the response data further includes the token for the candidate place.

19 . A system including the apparatus of claim 14 , the system further comprising a place-building client configured to send the registration data.

20 . A method comprising:
receiving registration data that indicates a value for a subset of place metadata that includes a plurality of attributes that describe a place that is associated with a geographic location; and providing an indication of match between the registration data and metadata for a predetermined place, wherein the registration data includes one or more fields that holds the value.

Assignees

• Here Global Bv

Inventors

• Schmidt Andreas
• Grosse Alexander

Classifications

• G06F16/24573

  using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata · CPC title

• G06F16/9537

  Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries · CPC title

• G06Q30/02 Primary

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G06F16/2468 Primary

  Fuzzy queries · CPC title

• G06F16/2365

  Ensuring data consistency and integrity · CPC title