Discovery of new business openings using web content analysis

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9773252
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14808918

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In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for identifying a new business based on programmatically analyzing content received from online sources and, as a result, discovering one or more references to the business. In embodiments, the system stores historical data representing previously identified new businesses and then uses attributes of those businesses in search queries to receive related content. Additionally or alternatively, the system stores data representing online sources that historically provided content containing references to new businesses and then continues to access those sources for additional content. In embodiments, the system performs content analysis on structured and/or unstructured content. In some embodiments, analysis of content received from a particular online source includes a source-specific algorithm that takes a source-specific representation of the content as input and produces a result indicating the likelihood that the content includes a new business reference.

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  • GROUPON, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barber, Richard Clark Campbell, US 6 16
Jeffery, Shawn Ryan Burlingame, US 25 197
Pendar, Nick San Ramon, US 34 242

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