System and method for identifying a location of interest to be named by a user

A mobile communication device for identifying a location to be named, the mobile communication device comprising:

• a position locator component configured to determine a location of a user via a mobile communication device;
• a communication interface component configured to provide the location of the user for use in determining user-specific location information including at least one of a number of times the user is present at or near the location and an amount of time the user is present at or near the location;
• a location naming component configured to receive an identification of the location as a location of interest, wherein the location is identified as the location of interest based on the user-specific location information;
• the communication interface component configured to receive suggested name information for the location of interest, wherein the suggested name information comprises a name that is associated with the location of interest;
• the location naming component configured to provide a prompt for naming the location of interest;
• a graphical user interface component configured to present the prompt in association with the suggested name information;
• the location naming component configured to receive name information for naming the location;
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• the graphical user interface component configured to present the name information for the location of interest on the mobile communication device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing programming instructions for identifying a location to be named, the program instructions for performing a method comprising:

• determining a location of a user via a mobile communication device;
• providing the location of the user for use in determining user-specific location information including at least one of a number of times the user is present at or near the location and an amount of time the user is present at or near the location;
• receiving an identification of the location as a location of interest, wherein the location is identified as the location of interest based on the user-specific location information;
• receiving suggested name information for the location of interest, wherein the suggested name information comprises a name that is associated with the location of interest;
• providing a prompt for naming the location of interest, the prompt provided for presentation in association with the suggested name information;
• receiving name information for naming the location;
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• presenting the name information for the location of interest on the mobile communication device.