Optimizing social life using online friend networks

摘要

This paper presents an online application which ties to the popular social network Facebook. It aggregates data from other systems, including Yahoo! Local and Google Maps, to provide relevant information to users. This system of systems functions as an add-on to each user's Facebook profile. The user is able to store ratings, reviews, and places where he likes to go. Our proposed system uses all this data to create a profile of the user. It also takes into consideration the information from the user's network of friends in Facebook. This information is then combined with businesses information from Yahoo!. All the information gathered in the users profile is then used to recommend interesting places for him to visit when he logs in to our proposed system next time. Our system can display either places highly recommended by one's friends, or places which will hold a special event. The maps of business locations are automatically rendered using Google Maps APIs.