System and method for public geospatial registrar and services

• US 20070027925A1
• Filed: 07/26/2006
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Todd Marks, William P. Spencer
• Original Assignee: Todd Marks, William P. Spencer
• Inventors: Spencer, William, Marks, Todd
• Application Number:
  US11/492,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20070027925A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

The system of the invention includes a registrar that receives at least one defined geospatial location and a data set of information from a registrant. The system also includes a central registration database that stores the at least one defined geospatial location and the data set. The at least one defined geospatial location is then associated with the data set in the central registration database. A client module residing on an end-user device then sends position information regarding an end-user to the registrar. If it is determined that the end-user position information defines a position that is within the at least one defined geospatial location part or all of the associated data set is sent to the end-user device for presentation to the end-user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for associating a set of information to a geospatial location and for providing the associated information to an end-user via an end-user device, the method comprising:

receiving a defined geospatial location from a registrant;

receiving a data set from the registrant, wherein the data set includes data related to the defined geospatial location;

storing the defined geospatial location and the data set in a database, wherein the data set is accessed based on the defined geographic location;

receiving an end-user position from an end-user device;

determining whether the end-user position is within the defined geospatial location; and

transmitting at least part of the data set to the end-user device when the end-user position is within the defined geospatial location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the end-user position is considered within the defined geospatial location when the end-user position is within a predetermined distance from the defined geospatial location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the defined geospatial location is defined using a measurement system that includes one or more of longitude, latitude, and elevation coordinates.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the defined geospatial location with the data set further comprises computing a fee for storing the defined geospatial location in the central registration database and associating the defined geospatial location with the data set.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the fee is based on one or more of the total area comprising the defined geospatial location, the total volume comprising the defined geospatial location, the size of the data set, and the type of data comprising the data set.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data set comprises one of a uniform resource locator (URL) or an IP address.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein sending at least part of the data set to the end-user device further comprises displaying a website whose address is the URL or the IP address, the website being related to the defined geospatial location.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data set comprises one or more of one or more text files, one or more audio files, and one or more video files.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the end-user position comprises an actual position of the end-user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the end-user position includes a position of interest of the end-user.

11. A system for associating information to a geospatial location and for providing the associated information an end-user via an end-user device, the system comprising:

a registration database to store existing defined geospatial locations and associated data; and

a registrar to receive a defined geospatial location from a registrant, to determine whether the received defined geospatial location may be registered in the registration database based on the existing defined geospatial locations, to receive a fee for registering the received defined geospatial location in the registration database, and to store the received defined geospatial location in the registration database, thereby registering the received defined geospatial location.

12. A method for associating information to a geospatial location and for providing the associated information an end-user via an end-user device, the method comprising:

storing existing defined geospatial locations and associated data in a registration database;

receiving a defined geospatial location from a registrant;

determining whether the received defined geospatial location is registerable in the registration database based on the existing defined geospatial locations;

receiving a fee for registering the received defined geospatial location in the registration database; and

storing the received defined geospatial location in the registration database, thereby registering the received defined geospatial location.

13. A method for providing information about an entity to an end-user based on a plurality of locations associated with the entity, the method comprising:

receiving first raw position information pertaining to at least one first position associated with the entity;

determining a first location of the plurality of locations associated with the entity from said at least one first position based on said first raw position information;

receiving second raw position information pertaining to at least one second position associated with the entity;

determining a second location of the plurality of locations associated with the entity from said at least one second position based on said second raw position information;

associating, in a data storage system, said first location and said second location with a web address of the entity;

receiving an end-user user position associated with the end-user; and

providing said web address of the entity to the end-user when said end-user position is within either said first location or said second location.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said receiving an end-user position comprises receiving an end-user position from the end-user via an end-user device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein said receiving an end-user position comprises receiving an end-user position from an end-user device that provides a measurement of its position.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving first raw position information comprises receiving raw first position information that was gathered by measuring a plurality of physical positions at said first location.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving second raw position information comprises receiving second raw position information that was gathered by measuring a plurality of physical positions at said second location.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving first raw position information comprises receiving an address of said first location.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving second raw position information comprises receiving an address of said second location.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

associating, in said data storage system, said first location with a second web address associated with said first location; and

providing said second web address to the end-user when said end-user position is within said first location.

21. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

associating, in said data storage system, said second location with a third web address associated with said second locations; and

providing said third web address to the end-user when said end-user position is within said second location.