Method and system for classification of venue by analyzing data from venue website

Abstract

A method and system classifies a venue by analyzing venue data from a venue website. The method includes receiving preliminary venue related data. The method includes scanning the venue website to retrieve venue data, wherein scanning the venue website includes retrieving the venue data from HTML pages, text documents, PDF documents, and images. The method includes retrieving verifiable venue data from the venue data. The verifiable venue data is a subset of the venue data. The method includes analyzing the verifiable venue data by comparing the verifiable venue data to the preliminary venue-related data and determining a probability level for the venue URL from the comparison. If the probability level for the venue URL is equal or greater than a first probability level, the venue website data is further analyzed to extract attributes and attribute counts in a robust and context-sensitive way. The method includes determining the percentage of the attribute representation from the total number of preselected attributes in the venue data and classifying the venue based on the percentage of the attribute representation.

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         21 . A computer-implemented method for determining attributes of a venue, comprising:
 analyze, using a processor, first data associated with a first venue to identify a first set of venue attributes associated with the first venue;   analyze, using the processor, second data associated with one or more other venues to identify a second set of venue attributes associated with the one or more other venues;   compare, using the processor, the first set of venue attributes with the second set of venue attributes; and   determine, based on comparing the first set and the second set, a similarity between the first venue and the one or more other venues.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the first venue and the one or more other venues are in the same city. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 classifying the first venue based on the first set of venue attributes.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the first venue is classified based on its atmosphere, fanciness, or prestige. 
     
     
         25 . The method  claim 21 , further comprising:
 assigning each of the first set of venue attributes with a classifier factor.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , further comprising:
 determining a proximity between a first venue attribute and a second venue attribute based on a first assigned classifier factor of the first venue attribute and a second assigned classifier factor of the second venue attribute.   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 determining an importance factor for each venue attribute in the first set of venue attributes.   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the first set of venue attributes may include words found in the first data.