US 12,236,367 B2
Method and system for smart detection of business hot spots
Grace Wu, Mountain View, CA (US); Shashank Shashikant Rao, San Jose, CA (US); Susrutha Gongalla, Mountain View, CA (US); Nhung Ho, Redwood City, CA (US); Carly Wood, Mountain View, CA (US); and Vaibhav Sharma, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by INTUIT INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/409,987.
Application 18/409,987 is a continuation of application No. 18/194,679, filed on Apr. 3, 2023, granted, now 11,907,864.
Application 18/194,679 is a continuation of application No. 17/404,356, filed on Aug. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,645,564, issued on May 9, 2023.
Application 17/404,356 is a continuation of application No. 15/913,812, filed on Mar. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,120,349, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0144059 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06N 5/048 (2023.01); G06Q 10/04 (2023.01)
CPC G06N 5/048 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for trip classification, comprising:
receiving, from a plurality of users, a plurality of classified trip records, wherein each classified trip record of the plurality of classified trip records comprises:
one or more trip attributes comprising an attribute associated with a respective user of the plurality of users; and
classification information;
determining a hot spot based on the plurality of classified trip records received from the plurality of users, wherein the hot spot comprises a region that encompasses one or more locations; and
storing an association between the hot spot, a corresponding attribute related to one or more respective users of the plurality of users, and corresponding classification information;
receiving a trip record comprising a location related to a trip and a given attribute associated with a user related to the trip; and
predicting a classification of business or personal for the trip based on:
the location related to the trip;
the given attribute associated with the user related to the trip; and
the association between the hot spot, the corresponding attribute related to the one or more respective users of the plurality of users-, and the corresponding classification information.