Method and system for prioritizing points of interest for display in a map using category score

A system for prioritizing a points of interest for display in a map, wherein the points of interest are associated with one or more categories, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the one or more processors, the instructions comprising:
• a logging module configured to obtain a plurality of user selections of points of interest associated with a one or more categories in a set of categories;
• a category module configured to:
• for each user interaction of the plurality of user selections, increment a category count for each category associated with the user interaction, and
• for each category in the set of categories:
• calculate a number of user selections associated with the category,
• determine a number of points of interest associated with the category,
• calculate an adjusted number of points of interest associated with the category by adding a predetermined number of points of interest to the number of points of interest associated with the category;
• determine an expected number of user selections for the predetermined number of points of interest;
• calculate an adjusted number of selections associated with the category by adding the expected number of user selections to the number of user selections associated with the category;
• determine a category score for the category based on the adjusted number of points of interest associated with the category and the adjusted number of user selections associated with the category;
• and
• calculate a priority score for each point of interest in the at least one point of interest based on a plurality of factors, the plurality of factors including an average category score for the one or more categories associated with the point of interest;
• a ranking module configured to calculate a priority score for each of the points of interest.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining a set of points of interest (POI) listings, each POI listing of the set of POI listings associated with one or more categories;
• for each category in the one or more categories:
• calculating a number of user selections of points of interest associated with the category,
• determining a number of POI listings associated with the category,
• calculating an adjusted number of POI associated with the category by adding a predetermined number of POI to the number of POI associated with the category;
• determining an expected number of user selections for the predetermined number of POI;
• calculating an adjusted number of selections associated with the category by adding the expected number of user selections to the number of user selections associated with the category;
• determining a category score for the category based on the adjusted number of POI associated with the category and the adjusted number of user selections associated with the category;
• and
• calculating a priority score for each POI in the at least one POI based on a plurality of factors, the plurality of factors including an average category score for the one or more categories associated with the POI;
• prioritizing each POI listing for display on a map based on the priority score for each POI.