Creating a virtual link between a physical location and its web representation
First Claim
1. A system for creating a link between a physical location and its web page, comprising:
- a user interface that receives user input of positional data of the physical location and a web address of the web page;
an association module coupled to the user interface to create the link by creating an electronic file containing the positional data and the web address such that a receiver system near the physical location can receive the electronic file to access the web page without browsing, wherein the link a virtual link and is not physically located at the physical location.
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Abstract
A web navigation system includes a virtual link creator that creates an electronic file that contains positional data of a physical location and a web address of a web page associated with the physical location. A virtual link server system receives the electronic file. The server system can transmit the electronic file to any remote receiver system that is near the physical location via a communication network. A receiver system, capable of communicating with the server system and accessing external Internet, receives the electronic file from the server system when the receiver system is near the physical location such that the web address of the web page is virtually posted at the physical location without employing a physical object to host the web address at the physical location. A system for creating such a virtual link is also described. Also described is a system for virtually posting a web address of a web page associated with a physical location.
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1. A system for creating a link between a physical location and its web page, comprising:
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a user interface that receives user input of positional data of the physical location and a web address of the web page;
an association module coupled to the user interface to create the link by creating an electronic file containing the positional data and the web address such that a receiver system near the physical location can receive the electronic file to access the web page without browsing, wherein the link a virtual link and is not physically located at the physical location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for posting a web address of a web page associated with a physical location, comprising:
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a virtual link creator that creates an electronic file that contains positional data of the physical location and the web address;
a virtual link server system that receives the electronic file and transmits the electronic file to any receiver system at or near the physical location via a communication network such that the web address of the web page is virtually posted at the physical location without employing a physical object to host the web address at the physical location. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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15. A web navigation system, comprising:
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a virtual link creator that creates an electronic file that contains positional data of a physical location and a web address of a web page associated with the physical location;
a virtual link server system that receives the electronic file, wherein the server system can transmit the electronic file via a communication network;
a receiver system capable of communicating with the server system and external Internet to receive the electronic file from the server system, and to display web address the when the receiver system is near the physical location such that the web address of the web page is virtually posted at the physical location without employing a physical object to host the web address at the physical location.
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