METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION DEPENDENT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

• US 20080028040A1
• Filed: 10/11/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Danny St-Denis, Gary Tremblay, Pierre Veilleux
• Original Assignee: Danny St-Denis, Gary Tremblay, Pierre Veilleux
• Inventors: Veilleux, Pierre, St-Denis, Danny, Tremblay, Gary
• Application Number:
  US11/870,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20080028040A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A method of content distribution over a communication network comprising the steps of: an End User sending a request to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to access content from a Web site, via a local network interconnecting said End User to said ISP; said ISP forwarding said request to a Web Server maintaining said Web site; and said Web Server: obtaining information regarding said local network; and tailoring a response in view of said information.

Claims

1. A method of content distribution over a communication network comprising:

an End User sending electronically over a local network of the communication network a request containing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to access content from a Web site;

said ISP forwarding said request to a Web Server maintaining said Web site; and

said Web Server automatically;

obtaining information regarding said local network,

verifying that said End User is connected to said local network,

tailoring a response in view of said information regarding said local network, and

directing the URL of said request to a URL on said local network.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said local network comprises a local area network (LAN) or metropolitan area network (MAN).

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each communication is encrypted.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of sending an account name and password.

5. A communication system comprising:

an End User;

an Internet Service Provider (ISP);

a Web Server;

a local network, interconnecting said End User and said ISP; and

an Internet network, interconnecting said Web Server and said ISP;

said End User being operable to send electronically a request containing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to said ISP to access content from a Web site on said Web Server;

said ISP being operable to forward said request to said Web Server; and

said Web Server being operable to automatically;

obtain information regarding said local network,

verify that said End User is connected to said local network,

tailor a response in view of said information regarding said local network, and

direct the URL of said request to a URL on said local network.

6. The communication system of claim 5, further comprising:

a Central Data Repository;

said Central Data Repository being connected to said Internet network and being operable to store and serve data content to said End User; and

said Web Server being operable to redirect requests from said End User, to said Central Data Repository.

7. The communication system of claim 5, wherein:

said Web Server comprises a Movie Distribution Web server having a Movie Distribution Web site;

said End User is operable to send a movie request to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to access a movie from said Movie Distribution Web server;

said ISP is operable to forward said movie request to said Movie Distribution Web server; and

said Movie Distribution Web server is operable to respond to authentication of said ISP by allowing said ISP to transmit a locally cached copy of said movie to said End User.

8. The communication system of claim 5, further comprising:

a Distributed Authentication Server;

said Distributed Authentication Server being connected to said local network and being operable to confirm that said End User is connected to, and is local to said local network.

9. The communication system of claim 8, wherein:

said Distributed Authentication Server is operable to store and serve data content to said End User; and

said Web Server is operable to redirect requests from said End User, to said Distributed Authentication Server.

10. A computer readable memory medium for storing software code executable to perform the method comprising:

an End User sending electronically a request containing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to access content from a Web site, via a local network interconnecting said End User to said ISP;

said ISP forwarding said request to a Web Server maintaining said Web site; and

said Web Server automatically;

obtaining information regarding said local network,

verifying that said End User is connected to said local network,

tailoring a response in view of said information regarding said local network, and

directing the URL of said request to a URL on said local network.