Contextual socially aware local search

A system for determining a meeting location, comprising:

• a group determiner configured to determine a group of persons to meet;
• an interest set generator configured to generate a conjoined interest set that is representative of the group of persons;
• a location determiner configured to determine locations of persons in the group to determine a plurality of locations;
• a local search service interface configured to receive local search results for the group of persons generated based on the conjoined interest set and the determined plurality of locations, the local search results including at least one potential meeting location;
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• an output interface configured to enable the local search results to be presented to at least one person of the group of persons.

A computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored in the computer readable storage medium that enable a processor to determine a meeting location, the computer program instructions comprising:

• first computer program instructions that enable the processor to determine a group of persons, and to enable a coordinator of the determined group of persons to modify the determined group of persons;
• second computer program instructions that enable the processor to generate a conjoined interest set that is representative of the group of persons;
• third computer program instructions that enable the processor to determine locations of persons in the group to determine a plurality of locations;
• fourth computer program instructions that enable the processor to retrieve local search results for the group of persons generated based on the conjoined interest set and the determined plurality of locations, the local search results including at least one potential meeting location for the group of persons;
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• fifth computer program instructions that enable the processor to enable the local search results to be presented at least to the coordinator for the group to select a meeting location for the group from the local search results.