Dynamic recommendation in geo-social networking system
In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system records location data of a user, generate a set of recommendations based on the user's location data, and present one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations to the user based on the user's current location.
1. A method comprising:
by one or more computing devices, accessing a data store for location data of a first user of a social-networking system, wherein each user is represented by a node in a social graph;
by the one or more computing devices, accessing one or more location data stores for one or more places in proximity to one or more locations indicated by the location data, wherein at least one or more places is represented by a node in the social graph;
by the one or more computing devices, generating a set of recommendations for the first user based at least in part on:
the one or more places in proximity to the locations indicated by the location data; and
past check-in activities of the user, wherein a past check-in activity comprises an action, shared to a social-networking system, by the first user or a second user of the social-networking system, the action indicating a location of the first user; and
by the one or more computing devices, sending one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations to the first user.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein a recommendation of the set of recommendations is an advertisement.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein a recommendation of the set of recommendations is a recommended action for the first user.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the recommended action for the first user is a place check-in.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the recommending action is enabling an automatic check-in to a place identified in the social-networking system.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the sending one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations to the first user further comprises:
receiving a current location of the first user;
selecting one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations based on the current location of the first user; and
sending the selected one or more recommendations to a client device associated with the first user.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the location data comprises route information.
8. A system, comprising:
a memory;
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory, storage medium storing computer-readable instructions operable, when executed by one or more of the processors:
access a data store for location data of a first user of a social-networking system, wherein each user is represented by a node in a social graph;
access one or more data stores for one or more places in proximity to one or more locations indicated by the location data, wherein at least one or more places is represented by a node in the social graph;
generate a set of recommendations for the first user based at least in part on:
the one or more places in proximity to the locations indicated by the location data; and
past check-in activities of the user, wherein a past check-in activity comprises an action, shared to a social-networking system, by the first user or a second user of the social-networking system, the action indicating a location of the first user; and
send one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations to the first user.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein a recommendation of the set of recommendations is an advertisement.
10. The system of claim 8 wherein a recommendation of the set of recommendations is a recommended action for the first user.
11. The system of claim 10 wherein the recommended action for the first user is a place check-in.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein the recommending action is enabling an automatic check-in to a place identified in the social-networking system.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to send one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations to the first user further comprise instructions operable to cause the when executed by one or more of the processors to:
receive a current location of the first user;
select one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations based on the current location of the first user; and
send the selected one or more recommendations to a client device associated with the first user.
14. The system of claim 8 wherein the location data of the comprises route information.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more recommendations are sent to one or more data stores on a computing device associated with the first user.
16. The system of claim 8 wherein the one or more recommendations are sent to one or more data stores on a computing device associated with the first user.
17. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
access a data store for location data of a first user of a social-networking system, wherein each user is represented by a node in a social graph;
access one or more data stores for one or more places in proximity to one or more locations indicated by the location data, wherein at least one or more places is represented by a node in the social graph;
generate a set of recommendations for the first user based at least in part on:
the one or more places in proximity to the locations indicated by the first user's location data; and
past check-in activities of the user, wherein a past check-in activity comprises an action, shared to a social-networking system, by the first user or a second user of the social-networking system, the action indicating a location of the first user; and
send one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations to the first user.
18. The media of claim 17 wherein a recommendation of the set of recommendations is an advertisement.
19. The media of claim 17 wherein a recommendation of the set of recommendations is a recommended action for the first user.
20. The media of claim 19 wherein the recommended action for the first user is a place check-in.