Equidistant area locator website
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1. A method of determining a plurality of locations intermediate two areas of departure and presenting a ranking thereof to a user, the steps comprising:
- a) providing data representative of the location of a first area of departure and of a second area of departure, respectively;
b) calculating coordinates representative of the midpoint of said two areas of departure based on said data representative of the locations thereof;
c) defining a destination area, said destination area comprising one of the group;
triangle, square, rectangle, circle, polygon, and an area bounded by natural features, said destination area having a center point at said midpoint and a boundary displaced therefrom, said destination area boundary being no more than 50% of the distance between said midpoint and either of said areas of departure; and
d) identifying at least one destination in said destination area pursuant to predetermined selection criteria.
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Abstract
A website that is easily usable and functional. It allows for two or more zip codes or towns to be entered and finds for the user towns, which lie equidistant between the entered areas of departure, and not too far out of the way. It then allows the user to view establishments listed for each of the resultant towns.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of determining a plurality of locations intermediate two areas of departure and presenting a ranking thereof to a user, the steps comprising:
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a) providing data representative of the location of a first area of departure and of a second area of departure, respectively;
b) calculating coordinates representative of the midpoint of said two areas of departure based on said data representative of the locations thereof;
c) defining a destination area, said destination area comprising one of the group;
triangle, square, rectangle, circle, polygon, and an area bounded by natural features, said destination area having a center point at said midpoint and a boundary displaced therefrom, said destination area boundary being no more than 50% of the distance between said midpoint and either of said areas of departure; and
d) identifying at least one destination in said destination area pursuant to predetermined selection criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of determining a plurality of locations intermediate a plurality of areas of departure and presenting a ranking thereof to at least one user, the steps comprising:
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a) providing data representative of the location of each of a plurality of areas of departure, respectively;
b) calculating data representative of a first midpoint of a first of said plurality of areas of departure and a second of said plurality of areas of departure based on said data representative of the locations thereof;
c) calculating data representative of a composite midpoint of a third of said plurality of areas of departure and said first midpoint, based on said data representative of the locations thereof;
d) repeating step (c) for each of the remaining plurality of areas of departure until each of said plurality of areas of departure is exhausted, updating said data representative of said composite midpoint prior to each repeated calculation;
e) defining a destination area, said destination area comprising one of the group;
triangle, square, rectangle, circle, polygon, and area bounded by natural features, said destination area having a center point at said updated composite midpoint and a boundary displaced therefrom, said destination area boundary being no more than 50% of the distance between said updated composite midpoint and any of said plurality of areas of departure; and
f) identifying at least one destination in said destination area pursuant to predetermined selection criteria. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of determining a plurality of locations intermediate a plurality of areas of departure and presenting a ranking thereof to at least one user, the steps comprising:
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a) providing data, accessible over a world wide communications network, representative of the location of each of a plurality of areas of departure, respectively;
b) calculating data representative of a first midpoint of a first of said plurality of areas of departure and a second of said plurality of areas of departure based on said data representative of the locations thereof;
c) calculating data representative of a composite midpoint of a third of said plurality of areas of departure and said first midpoint, based on said data representative of the locations thereof;
d) repeating step (c) for each of the remaining plurality of areas of departure until each of said plurality of areas of departure is exhausted, updating said data representative of said composite midpoint prior to each repeated calculation;
e) defining a destination area, said destination area comprising one of the group;
triangle, square, rectangle, circle, polygon, and area bounded by natural features, said destination area having a center point at said updated composite midpoint and a boundary; and
f) identifying at least one destination in said destination area pursuant to predetermined selection criteria, said at least one destination identification being accessible over said world wide communications network. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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