US 12,147,441 B2
Method and system for providing recommendations and search results to visitors with a focus on local businesses
Kayla Drozd, Portland, OR (US); Theobolt N. Leung, San Francisco, CA (US); and Kenneth J. Sanchez, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to QUANATA, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by BlueOwl, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,189.
Application 17/747,189 is a continuation of application No. 16/574,667, filed on Sep. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,372,876.
Prior Publication US 2022/0277002 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/248 (2019.01) [G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing local business-based recommendations, the method comprising:
identifying, by one or more processors, a set of points of interest (POIs) within a digital map of a geographic area received from a user;
determining, by the one or more processors, one or more local businesses from the set of POIs that are of interest to the user, each local business of the one or more local businesses having less than a threshold number of retail locations or each local business of the one or more local businesses being within a threshold geographic range; and
providing, by the one or more processors, indications of the one or more local businesses from the set of POIs in the digital map of the geographic area to the user.