Ryan P Turner

US Patent:

20160104216, Apr 14, 2016

Filed:

Oct 10, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/512279

Inventors:

Ryan Hedley Turner - Cumming GA, US
Daniel Steven Haligas - Panama City FL, US
Velayudhan Venugopal - Austin TX, US
Alex Holm Devine - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

HomeAway, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02
G06Q 10/10
G06Q 30/06

Abstract:

Review data associated with a guest experience at an event, such as a vacation rental, for example, is transmitted over a communications network to one or more networked computing devices for processing the review data into a review data file for publication. The review data may be generated by an application executing on a processor of a client device such as a smartphone, tablet or pad. The review data may include access credentials and location data that may be processed to validate that the review data is legitimate. The review data may include media content captured in-situ at the event while the guest is experiencing the event. Prior to publishing a review data file, an owner may receive a notice and/or a copy of the pending review data file and the owner may take action to cure a less than stellar review and/or amend the review prior to publication.

US Patent:

20160105435, Apr 14, 2016

Filed:

Oct 10, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/512294

Inventors:

Ryan Hedley Turner - Cumming GA, US
Daniel Steven Haligas - Panama City FL, US
Velayudhan Venugopal - Austin TX, US
Alex Holm Devine - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

HomeAway, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Credential and/or location data included in data received by a networked system from a device that communicated the data to the networked system may be processed to determine if the credential data and/or location data validate an identity of a user (e.g., a guest, traveler, patron) and/or a location of the user based on a location of the device when the data is communicated. The data may be review data and the credential and/or location data may be included in review data. The device and/or the networked system may generate a location history database from location data from the device or other system that is periodically logged from multiple locations at different times during an event (e.g., a stay at a vacation rental). Data from the database may be used to determine if a location for a communication is with a threshold of an allowable distance from an allowable location.