Internet business directories, and promotion of the same

• US 20050021596A1
• Filed: 07/23/2004
• Published: 01/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dung A. Do
• Original Assignee: Dung A. Do
• Inventors: Do, Dung A.
• Application Number:
  US10/896,920
• Publication Number:
  US 20050021596A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An Internet business directory for a geographical place (such as a country, city, town or county), wherein the Internet address for the business directory includes the name of the geographical place, and wherein at least one drop-down menu is used, is easy to use and benefits consumers and advertisers alike. Further advantages may be realized by also using a vehicle with an at least one exterior marking stating the. Internet address which corresponds to the Internet business directory, with a facility inside the vehicle for signing-up advertisers to advertise on the Internet business directory.

Claims

1. An Internet business directory for a geographical place, wherein the Internet address for the business directory includes the name of the geographical place, and wherein at least one drop-down menu is used on at least one web page of the Internet business directory.

2. The Internet business directory of claim 1, wherein the geographical place is selected from the group consisting of a country, a city, a town and a county.

3. The Internet business directory of claim 1, wherein the Internet address includes an eyecatching prefix and/or suffix.

4. The Internet business directory of claim 3, wherein the Internet address is of the form of a geographical title followed by “

411.com”

.

5. The Internet business directory of claim 1, wherein the Internet address is being displayed on an exterior of a van being driven and/or parked in the geographical place, and wherein the van contains a facility for signing-up advertisers to advertise on the Internet business directory.

6. The Internet business directory of claim 1, including a truly-geographical Internet index website, in which search results do not include restaurants, businesses or other items that are out of the geographical area.

12. The advertising system of claim 6, including print material that is an invitation or admission card for a business to visit the vehicle.

7. An advertising system, comprising:

a vehicle with an at least one exterior marking stating an Internet address which corresponds to an Internet business directory, with a facility inside the vehicle for signing-up advertisers to advertise on the Internet business directory.

8. The advertising system of claim 7, wherein the facility is a computer facility with an ability to display, live, the website of the Internet business directory corresponding to the Internet address marked on the exterior of the vehicle.

9. The advertising system of claim 7, wherein the vehicle is a van.

10. The advertising system of claim 7, including a van in which is housed a computer facility wherein information from an advertiser or prospective advertiser may be taken for setting up, within the hour, a new advertiser, for advertising on the Internet business directory.

11. The advertising system of claim 10, wherein the new advertiser is a paying customer of the Internet business directory.