Searching for entities based on trust score and geography

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for searching for entities based on trust score and geography. The trust score may be calculated between entities including, but not limited to, human users, groups of users, organizations, or businesses/corporations and may take into account a variety of factors, including verification data, network connectivity, publicly available information, ratings data, group/demographic information, location data, and transactions to be performed, among others. A user may search for entities within a certain geographic location that meet a desired trust score. The results of the search may be generated for display on a user device, for example, by generating a map that shows the current location of the user device and the identified entities. The search may be filtered by entering an anticipated activity or transaction to be performed or desired by the user, and thereby returning entities that are associated with the activity or transaction.

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         21 . A method for searching for entities based on trust score, the method comprising:
 receiving, at a user device, a request to search for entities within a threshold geography in a computer network, the request including an indication of a desired trust score for the entities;   determining a current location of the user device;   transmitting to a remote database the request to search for the entities, the threshold geography, and the current location of the user device;   receiving, at the user device, an indication from the remote database, the indication from the remote database comprising an indication of a first entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score and located within the threshold geography;   generating for display on the user device, a visual indication of the first entity.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein receiving, at the user device, the indication from the remote database comprises receiving at the user device a list of entities including the following information for each of a plurality of entities: an identification of the entity, a current location of the entity, and an indication of the entity's trust score. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein generating for display the visual indication of the first entity comprises:
 generating for display a map;   generating for display a marker on the map indicating the first entity's trust score; and   placing the marker on the map in a location associated with a current location of the first entity.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the threshold geography comprises one of: a specific radius or distance, a neighborhood, a city, a state, a zip code, a region, a country, or a postal code. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the visual indication of the first entity is a selectable visual indication, the method further comprising:
 detecting a user selection of the selectable visual indication; and   in response to detecting the user selection, generating for display information about the first entity.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the information about the first entity comprises a second selectable visual indication, the method further comprising;
 detecting a second user selection of the second selectable visual indication; and   in response to detecting the second user selection, initiating a transaction with the first entity.   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 storing, on the user device, the request to search for entities within the threshold geography in the computer network;   automatically transmitting, without further user input, a subsequent request to search for entities within the threshold geography in the computer network to identify a second entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score and located within the threshold geography; and   receiving, at the user device, a second indication from the remote database, the second indication comprising an indication of the second entity; and   generating for display an alert based upon receipt of the second indication.   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 receiving, at the user device, a second indication from the remote database, the indication comprising an indication of a second entity associated with a trust score that is better than the trust score associated with the first entity and located within the threshold geography; and   generating for display a visual indication of the second entity, wherein the visual indication of the second entity indicates that the second entity is associated with a better trust score than the first entity.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising receiving, at the user device, an indication of an average of trust scores from a plurality of entities. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the request to search for entities further includes an indication of an activity expected to be performed in the future by a user associated with the user device or information usable to infer the activity expected to be performed in the future by the user associated with the user device. 
     
     
         31 . A system for searching for entities based on trust score, the system comprising:
 a user device containing processing circuitry;   the processing circuitry configured to:
 receive a request to search for entities within a threshold geography in a computer network, the request including an indication of a desired trust score for the entities; 
 determine a current location of the user device; 
 transmit to a remote database the request to search for entities, the threshold geography, and the current location of the user device; 
 receive an indication from the remote database, the indication from the remote database comprising an indication of a first entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score and located within the threshold geography; 
 generate for display a visual indication of the first entity. 
   
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 31 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to receive the indication from the remote database by receiving a list of entities including the following information for each of a plurality of entities: an identification of the entity, the current location of the entity, and an indication of the entity's trust score. 
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 31 , wherein the visual indication of the first entity is a selectable visual indication, and wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 detect a user selection of the selectable visual indication; and   in response to detecting the user selection, generate for display information about the first entity.   
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 33 , wherein the information about the entity comprises a second selectable visual indication, and wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to;
 detect a second user selection of the second selectable visual indication; and   in response to detecting the second user selection, initiate a transaction with the first entity.   
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 31 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
 store, on the user device, the request to search for entities within the threshold geography in the computer network;   automatically transmit, without further user input, a subsequent request to search for entities within the threshold geography in the computer network to identify a second entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score and located within the threshold geography; and   receive, at the user device, a second indication from the remote database, the second indication comprising an indication of the second entity; and   generate for display an alert based upon receipt of the second indication.   
     
     
         36 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions encoded thereon for searching for entities based on trust score, the instructions comprising:
 instructions for receiving, at a user device, a request to search for entities within a threshold geography in a computer network, the request including an indication of a desired trust score for the entities;   instructions for determining a current location of the user device;   instructions for transmitting to a remote database the request to search for the entities, the threshold geography, and the current location of the user device;   instructions for receiving, at the user device, an indication from the remote database, the indication from the remote database comprising an indication of a first entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score and located within the threshold geography;   instructions for generating for display on the user device, a visual indication of the first entity.   
     
     
         37 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 36 , wherein instructions for receiving, at the user device, an indication from the remote database comprise instructions for receiving at the user device a list of entities including the following information for each of a plurality of entities: an identification of the entity, a current location of the entity, and an indication of the entity's trust score. 
     
     
         38 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 36 , wherein the visual indication of the first entity is a selectable visual indication, the instructions further comprising:
 instructions for detecting a user selection of the selectable visual indication; and   instructions for generating for display, in response to detecting the user selection, information about the first entity.   
     
     
         39 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 38 , wherein the information about the first entity comprises a second selectable visual indication, the instructions further comprising;
 instructions for detecting a second user selection of the second selectable visual indication; and   instructions for initiating, in response to detecting the second user selection, a transaction with the first entity.   
     
     
         40 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 36 , the instructions further comprising:
 instructions for storing the request to search for entities within the threshold geography in the computer network on the user device;   instructions for automatically transmitting, without further user input, a subsequent request to search for entities within the threshold geography in the computer network to identify a second entity associated with a trust score that is better than or equal to the desired trust score and located within the threshold geography; and   instructions for receiving, at the user device, a second indication from the remote database, the second indication comprising an indication of the second entity; and   instructions for generating for display an alert based upon receipt of the second indication.