System for presenting designated websites or content to specified users

• US 20020147790A1
• Filed: 04/09/2001
• Published: 10/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrew J. Snow
• Original Assignee: Andrew J. Snow
• Inventors: Snow, Andrew J.
• Application Number:
  US09/829,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20020147790A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A system for providing designated content to specified users comprising a computer having a communications link to the Internet and a database accessible by the computer containing a plurality of content organized by geographic regions. Software executing on the computer operates and maintains a website accessible by users over the communications link. A means for tracing the geographic location of the user is included in the system. Software executing on said computer also retrieves content from the database corresponding to the traced geographic location of the user, and presents the retrieved content to the user on said website over the communications link. The system may also operate and maintain a plurality of websites wherein each of the websites contain content specific to a designated geographic region or automatically redirect the user to a website containing the location-specific content.

Claims

1. A system for providing designated content to specified users comprising:

a computer;

a communications link between said computer and the Internet;

a database accessible by said computer containing a plurality of content organized by geographic regions;

software executing on said computer for operating and maintaining a website accessible by users over said communications link,

means for tracing a geographic location of a user who accesses said website; and

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software executing on said computer for retrieving content from said database corresponding to the traced geographic location of the user, and presenting said retrieved content to the user on said website over said communications link.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said tracing means comprises software executing on said computer for tracing a geographic location of a user who accesses said website.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the user accesses said website using a mobile device incorporating wireless Internet technology.

6. The system of claim 3 wherein said tracing means comprises software executing on said computer for determining the location of said user based on a location of a signal tower receiving a communication signal emitted from said mobile device.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the location of the user is determined through triangulation of a communication signal emitted from said mobile device.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein each of said plurality of content in said database contains information in a language corresponding to a geographic region by which said content is organized.

4. The system of claim 4 wherein said tracing means comprises global positioning system technology incorporated into said mobile device capable of tracing a geographic location of said device utilizing a global positioning system.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said tracing means further comprises software executing on said mobile device for utilizing said global positioning system to trace the geographic location of the device and transmitting said determined location to said computer over said communications link.

9. A system for providing designated content to specified users comprising:

a computer;

a communications link between said computer and the Internet;

software executing on said computer for operating and maintaining a plurality of websites accessible by users over said communications link wherein each of said plurality of websites contains content specific to a designated geographic region;

means for tracing a geographic location of a user who accesses said website; and

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software executing on said computer for determining a website to present to the user based on the traced geographic location of the user, and presenting said determined website to the user over said communications link.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein said tracing means comprises software executing on said computer for tracing a geographic location of a user who accesses said website.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the user accesses said website using a mobile device incorporating wireless Internet technology.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said tracing means comprises global positioning system technology incorporated into said mobile device capable of tracing a geographic location of said device utilizing a global positioning system.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said tracing means further comprises software executing on said mobile device for utilizing said global positioning system to trace the geographic location of the device and transmitting said determined location to said computer over said communications link.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein said tracing means comprises software executing on said computer for determining the location of said user based on a location of a signal tower receiving a communication signal emitted from said mobile device.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the location of the user is determined through triangulation of a communication signal emitted from said mobile device.

16. The system of claim 9 wherein each of said plurality of websites contains information in a language commonly used in the geographic region to which the website is designated.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein said tracing means comprises software executing on said computer for tracing a geographic location of a user who accesses said website.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the user accesses said website using a mobile device incorporating wireless Internet technology.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein said tracing means comprises global positioning system technology incorporated into said mobile device capable of tracing a geographic location of said device utilizing a global positioning system.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein said tracing means further comprises software executing on said mobile device for utilizing said global positioning system to trace the geographic location of the device and transmitting said determined location to said computer over said communications link.

22. The system of claim 19 wherein said tracing means comprises software executing on said computer for determining the location of said user based on a location of a signal tower receiving a communication signal emitted from said mobile device.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the location of the user is determined through triangulation of a communication signal emitted from said mobile device.

24. The system of claim 17 wherein each of said plurality of websites is presented in a language commonly used in the geographic region to which the website is designated.

17. A system for providing designated content to specified users comprising:

a computer;

a communications link between said computer and the Internet;

a database accessible by said computer containing a plurality of Internet addresses corresponding to a plurality of websites operated and maintained by third parties wherein each of said plurality of websites contains content specific to designated geographic locations;

software executing on said computer for operating and maintaining a website accessible by users over said communications link,

means for tracing a geographic location of a user who accesses said website; and

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software executing on said computer for retrieving an Internet address from said database corresponding a website containing content specific to the traced geographic location of the user, and automatically redirecting the user to the website corresponding to the retrieved Internet address.