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Method and system for providing local information over a network
Assignee: Thinklogix LLC
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Filing: 2008-08-06
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Granted: 2010-12-28
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Expires: 2028-08-06
Abstract
Abstract A method and system is provided where a first computer (e.g., a central server) collects information to be presented to one or more users. The information is organized into a plurality of first web-sites where each of these web-sites is addressable by a unique Universal Resource Locator (URL). A physical location is associated with each of the first web-sites. One of the first web-sites may be provided to a user as a user web-site. When the user or other individual seeks to access the user web-site, links to a plurality of the first web-sites are provided based on a relationship between the physical locations associated with the first web-sites and the physical location associated with the user web-site.
Inventors
- 👤 James McCrossin
- 👤 Dean Hiller
- 👤 Richard Kornutik
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
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2026-10-28 06:38
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/10; H04L67/1095; G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/10; G06Q20/102; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/0241; G06Q30/0251; G06Q30/0261; G06Q30/0267; G06Q30/06; G06Q30/0601; G06Q40/00; G06Q40/08; H04L67/50; H04L67/56; H04L67/564; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; H04L67/2866; H04L67/2895
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
65 words
A method of performing a transaction comprising: collecting information at a first computer system from a merchant, said information being organized into a first web-site being addressable by a unique Universal Resource Locator (URL) and having a physical location associated therewith; and providing said information from said merchant to a user at a second computer system if said physical location is within a local area.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
65 words
A method of performing a transaction comprising: collecting information at a first computer system from a merchant, said information being organized into a first web-site being addressable by a unique Universal Resource Locator (URL) and having a physical location associated therewith; and providing said information from said merchant to a user at a second computer system if said physical location is within a local area.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said local area is a circular area having a predetermined radius from a predetermined physical location.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 2 further comprising: billing said merchant when providing said information from the merchant to the second computer system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said local area is a political area including a predetermined physical location.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 4 further comprising: billing said merchant when providing said information from the merchant to the second computer system.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said local area is a zip-code area including a predetermined physical location.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 6 further comprising: billing said merchant when providing said information from the merchant to the second computer system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said local area is a circular area having a radius from a predetermined physical location such that said circular area includes a threshold amount of entities.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 8 further comprising: billing said merchant when providing said information from the merchant to the second computer system.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said entities are telephone number locations.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 10 further comprising: billing said merchant when providing said information from the merchant to the second computer system.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said local area is a square area including the physical location associated with said user's web-site.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 12 further comprising: billing said merchant when providing said information from the merchant to the second computer system.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said local area is a predetermined radius from a physical location of said second computer system.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: specifying a predetermined physical location by said user; and determining said local area based on said predetermined physical location.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 15 wherein said user specifies said predetermined physical location at a first time, the method further comprising: modifying said predetermined physical location by said user at a second time.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said second computer is coupled to the Internet via a telephone connection and said local area is based on a location of said telephone connection.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 17 further comprising: billing said merchant when providing said information from the merchant to the second computer system.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: billing said merchant when providing said information from the merchant to the second computer system.
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