US 11,386,129 B2Granted

Searching for entities based on trust score and geography

AssigneeWww.Trustscience.Com Inc.

InventorsShane Chrapko, Christopher Trudel, Leo M. Chan, Zhaochen Guo, Ashif Mawji

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Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for searching for entities based on trust score and geography. The trust score may be calculated between entities including, but not limited to, human users, groups of users, organizations, or businesses/corporations and may take into account a variety of factors, including verification data, network connectivity, publicly available information, ratings data, group/demographic information, location data, and transactions to be performed, among others. A user may search for entities within a certain geographic location that meet a desired trust score. The results of the search may be generated for display on a user device, for example, by generating a map that shows the current location of the user device and the identified entities. The search may be filtered by entering an anticipated activity or transaction to be performed or desired by the user, and thereby returning entities that are associated with the activity or transaction.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method for searching for entities based on trust score, the method comprising:

transmitting, from a user device, a request to search for entities in a computer network, the request including an indication of a desired trust score for the entities;
transmitting, from the user device, information regarding a current location of the user device;
receiving at the user device an indication of an entity corresponding to the current location of the entity, wherein the entity is a first entity;
wherein the indication of the entity was generated by,
accessing a database comprising a plurality of database entries corresponding to entities in the computer network, wherein each entry is associated with a trust score for at least one entity and a current location for the at least one entity;
searching the database entries to identify the entity, wherein the entity is associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score;
retrieving an indication of the current location of the identified entity from the database;
and
comparing the current location of the user device with the current location of the entity to determine whether the current location of the entity is within a threshold geography;
and
receiving data at the user device for generating an alert indicating a second entity and an indication of a trust score associated with the second entity, wherein the data for generating an alert was generated by,
storing the request to search for entities in a computer network;
identifying a subset of the entities in the computer network that are associated with an activity to be performed in the future by the user;
and
updating the trust scores of a plurality of entities in the subset of the entities based on the activity to be performed in the future by the user;
and
automatically performing, without further user input, a subsequent search of the database entries to identify the second entity associated with the trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score by searching the updated trust scores of the subset of entities in the computer network to identify an entity associated with an updated trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score.

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A system for searching for entities based on trust score, the system comprising:

a database comprising a plurality of database entries corresponding to entities in a computer network, wherein each entry is associated with a trust score for at least one entity and a current location for the at least one entity, and wherein the database is configured to be connected to a user device through a communication network;
and
processing circuitry configured to:
transmit a request to search for entities in the computer network, the request including an indication of a desired trust score for the entities;
transmit information regarding a current location of the user device;
access the database;
search the database entries to identify an entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score;
retrieve an indication of the current location of the identified entity from the database;
compare the current location of the user device with the current location of the entity to determine whether the current location of the entity is within a threshold geography;
and
receive at the user device an indication of the entity corresponding to the current location of the entity, wherein the entity is a first entity;
store the request to search for entities in a computer network;
identify a subset of the entities in the computer network that are associated with an activity to be performed in the future by a user of the user device;
and
update the trust scores of a plurality of entities in the subset of the entities based on the activity to be performed in the future by the user of the user device;
automatically perform, without further user input, a subsequent search of the database entries to identify a second entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score by searching the updated trust scores of the subset of entities in the computer network to identify an entity associated with an updated trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score;
and
receive data at the user device for generating an alert indicating the second entity and an indication of the trust score associated with the second entity.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions encoded thereon for searching for entities based on trust score, the instructions comprising:

instructions for transmitting, from a user device, a request to search for entities in a computer network, the request including an indication of a desired trust score for the entities;
instructions for transmitting information regarding a current location of the user device;
wherein the request to search for entities causes a remote device to execute:
instructions for accessing a database comprising a plurality of database entries corresponding to entities in the computer network, wherein each entry is associated with a trust score for at least one entity and a current location for the at least one entity;
instructions for searching the database entries to identify an entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score;
instructions for retrieving an indication of the current location of the identified entity from the database;
instructions for comparing the current location of the user device with the current location of the entity to determine whether the current location of the entity is within a threshold geography;
instructions for transmitting to the user device the threshold geography, and an indication of the entity corresponding to the current location of the entity, wherein the entity is a first entity:
instructions for storing the request to search for entities in the computer network;
and
instructions for identifying a subset of the entities in the computer network that are associated with the activity to be performed in the future by a user of the user device;
and
instructions for updating the trust score of each entity in the computer network based on the activity to be performed in the future by the user;
and
instructions for automatically performing, without further user input, a subsequent search of the database entries to identify a second entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score by searching the updated trust scores of the subset of entities in the computer network to identify an entity associated with an updated trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score;
and
instructions for receiving data at the user device for generating an alert indicating the second entity and an indication of the trust score associated with the second entity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/801,295Filed 26 Feb 2020 · continuation
Priority: 17 Feb 2016
Published: US 2020/0301969 A124 Sep 2020
Granted: 12 Jul 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G06F 16/29
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: geographical information databases
G06F 16/245
Querying: query processing
G06F 16/24575
With adaptation to user needs: using context
G06F 16/248
Querying: presentation of query results