Methods and apparatus for geographically based Web services
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1. A method of accessing position relevant Web content, comprising:
- obtaining a location update relative to a position of a mobile terminal;
forming location criteria from the location update;
including the location criteria in a Web content request from the mobile terminal;
filtering results from the Web content request according to the location criteria to form the position relevant Web content; and
providing the position relevant Web content to the mobile terminal.
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Abstract
A system and method provides location sensitive Web content in response to receiving location based Web content requests. Location information derived from multiple sources by a mobile terminal is included in a Web content request. Location tagged Web content is then retrieved via a Web server/search engine and filtered in accordance with the location/keyword information provided in the content request.
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1. A method of accessing position relevant Web content, comprising:
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obtaining a location update relative to a position of a mobile terminal;
forming location criteria from the location update;
including the location criteria in a Web content request from the mobile terminal;
filtering results from the Web content request according to the location criteria to form the position relevant Web content; and
providing the position relevant Web content to the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A geographically based Web content system, comprising:
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a mobile terminal geographically located within the Web content system;
a Web server adapted to receive Web content requests from the mobile terminal; and
a search engine coupled to the Web server and adapted to gather location tagged Web content in response to the Web content requests, wherein location tags of the Web content gathered conform to geographical criteria expressed by the mobile terminal in the Web content requests. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A mobile terminal capable of being wirelessly coupled to a network which includes location tagged Web content, the mobile terminal comprising:
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a memory capable of storing a location update module and a geographical search module;
a processor coupled to the memory and configured by the location update module to maintain position information associated with the mobile terminal and configured by the geographical search module to request the location tagged Web content that relates to the position of the mobile terminal; and
a transceiver configured to receive the location tagged Web content from a Web server. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which are executable by a mobile terminal for requesting location based Web content by performing steps comprising:
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obtaining location updates relative to a position of the mobile terminal;
defining an area of interest surrounding the position of the mobile terminal; and
requesting location based Web content that conforms to the area of interest.
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24. A Web server capable of being coupled to a network to facilitate a location based Web content search, the Web server comprising:
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means for receiving location based Web content requests containing location criteria associated with a location of a mobile terminal;
means for communicating the location based Web content requests to a search engine;
means for receiving responses from the search engine in response to the location based Web content requests; and
means for filtering the responses to conform to the location criteria.
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25. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which are executable by a Web server by performing steps comprising:
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receiving Web content requests containing location criteria associated with a location of a mobile terminal;
communicating the Web content requests to a search engine;
receiving responses from the search engine in response to the Web content requests; and
filtering the responses to conform to the location criteria.
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26. A mobile terminal capable of being wirelessly coupled to a network which includes Web content, the mobile terminal comprising:
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a memory capable of storing a location update module and a geographical search module;
a processor coupled to the memory and configured by the location update module to maintain position information associated with the mobile terminal; and
a user interface adapted to display menu options whose selection configures the geographical search module to issue a search request used to locate the Web content, the menu options comprising;
a general search option that returns Web content irregardless of location tags associated with the Web content and the position information associated with the mobile terminal;
a location search option that returns Web content whose location tags comply with location information provided in the search request; and
a user centric search option that returns Web content whose location tags comply with the position information associated with the mobile terminal that is provided in the search request. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A mobile terminal capable of being wirelessly coupled to a network which includes Web content, the mobile terminal comprising:
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a memory capable of storing a location update module and a geographical search module;
a processor coupled to the memory and configured by the location update module to maintain a position of the mobile terminal; and
a user interface adapted to display menu options whose selection determines a search request used to locate the Web content, the menu options comprising an automatic search option that configures the geographical search module to automatically issue the search request depending upon the position of the mobile terminal, wherein a HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) header in the search request includes the position of the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A geographically based Web content system, comprising:
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a mobile terminal geographically located within the Web content system;
a Web server coupled to receive Web content requests from the mobile terminal; and
a content provider coupled to the Web server, wherein the content provider contains Web pages that include eXtensible Markup Language (XML) to define location information associated with the Web pages. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A mobile terminal capable of being wirelessly coupled to a network which includes location tagged Web content, the mobile terminal comprising:
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a memory capable of storing a location update module and a geographical search module;
a processor coupled to the memory and configured by the location update module to maintain a position of the mobile terminal; and
a user interface adapted to display menu options whose selection determines a search request used to locate the location tagged Web content, the menu options comprising a tour search option that configures the geographical search module to issue an alarm once the location update module has determined that the mobile terminal has come within a programmable proximity to a location indicated by the location tagged Web content. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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