Systems And Methods For Displaying Current Prices, Including Hotel Room Rental Rates, With Markers Simultaneously On A Map
First Claim
1. A system for displaying current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at a plurality of locations within a geographical area, the system comprising:
- a computer terminal for specifying the geographical area containing the plurality of locations, and for displaying a map with the current prices of the selected ones of goods and services provided at the plurality of locations;
a map server for providing a map image including the geographical area containing the plurality of locations specified with the terminal;
an information source for providing data including the current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at the plurality of locations specified with the computer terminal;
a set of map markers for selected display on the map image provided by the map server, each one of the map markers having at least one alphanumeric character to represent a specific price; and
a web server for relaying the map markers to the computer terminal, and overlaying the map markers onto the map at proper ones of the particular locations so as to display each of the current prices simultaneously on the map for each of the plurality of locations.
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Abstract
There is disclosed systems and methods for displaying current prices of goods or services provided at a plurality of locations within a geographical area. In an embodiment, a system includes a computer terminal, a map server, an information source, a set of map markers, and a web server. In another embodiment, a method includes specifying the geographical area by an input of data, providing a map of the geographical area to a computer terminal, sending a query to an information source, matching map markers indicating specific prices to the current prices for selected ones goods or services, and relaying the map markers to the computer terminal, and overlaying the map markers onto the map so as to display current prices simultaneously for each of the plurality of locations. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for displaying current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at a plurality of locations within a geographical area, the system comprising:
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a computer terminal for specifying the geographical area containing the plurality of locations, and for displaying a map with the current prices of the selected ones of goods and services provided at the plurality of locations; a map server for providing a map image including the geographical area containing the plurality of locations specified with the terminal; an information source for providing data including the current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at the plurality of locations specified with the computer terminal; a set of map markers for selected display on the map image provided by the map server, each one of the map markers having at least one alphanumeric character to represent a specific price; and a web server for relaying the map markers to the computer terminal, and overlaying the map markers onto the map at proper ones of the particular locations so as to display each of the current prices simultaneously on the map for each of the plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for displaying current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at a plurality of locations within a geographical area, the system comprising:
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a computer terminal for specifying the geographical area containing the plurality of locations, and for displaying a map with the current prices of the selected ones of goods and services provided at the plurality of locations; a map server for providing a map image including the geographical area containing the plurality of locations specified with the terminal; an information source for providing data including the current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at the plurality of locations specified with the computer terminal; a set of map markers for selected display on the map image provided by the map server, each one of the map markers having at least one alphanumeric character to represent a specific price; and a web server for relaying the map markers to the map server, embedding the map markers onto the map at proper ones of the particular locations so as to display each of the current prices simultaneously on the map for each of the plurality of locations, and relaying the map to the user terminal.
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14. A system for displaying current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at a plurality of locations within a geographical area, the system comprising:
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a computer terminal for specifying the geographical area containing the plurality of locations, and for displaying a map with the current prices of the selected ones of goods and services provided at the plurality of locations; a map server for providing a map image including the geographical area containing the plurality of locations specified with the terminal; an information source for providing data including the current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at the plurality of locations specified with the computer terminal; a set of map markers for selected display on the map image provided by the map server, each one of the map markers having at least one alphanumeric character to represent a specific price; and a web server for relaying the map markers to the web server, overlaying the map markers onto the map at proper ones of the particular locations so as to display each of the current prices simultaneously on the map for each of the plurality of locations, and relaying the map to a computer terminal.
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15. A method of displaying current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at a plurality of locations within a geographic area, the method comprising:
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specifying the geographical area by an input of data; providing a map of the geographical area to a computer terminal based on the input of data; sending a query to an information source to retrieve location and pricing information for a plurality of the selected ones of goods and services within the geographical area; matching map markers indicating specific prices to the current prices for each of the selected ones of goods and services using the location and pricing information so as to indicate the current prices at particular locations on the map; and relaying the map markers to the computer terminal, and overlaying the map markers onto the map at proper ones of the particular locations so as to display each of the current prices simultaneously on the map for each of the plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of displaying current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at a plurality of locations within a geographic area, the method comprising:
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specifying the geographical area by an input of data; providing a map of the geographical area to a web server based on the input of data; sending a query to an information source to retrieve location and pricing information for a plurality of the selected ones of the goods and services within the geographical area; matching map markers indicating specific prices to the current prices for each of the selected ones of goods and services using the location and pricing information so as to indicate the current prices at particular locations on the map; and relaying the map markers to the map server, embedding the map markers onto the map at proper ones of the particular locations so as to display each of the current prices simultaneously on the map for each of the plurality of locations, and relaying the map to the user terminal.
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35. A method of displaying current prices of selected ones of goods and services provided at a plurality of locations within a geographic area, the method comprising:
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specifying the geographical area by an input of data; providing a map of the geographical area to a web server based on the input of data; sending a query to an information source to retrieve location and pricing information for a plurality of hotels within the geographical area; matching map markers indicating specific prices to current prices for each of the selected ones of goods and services using the location and pricing information so as to indicate the current prices at particular locations on the map; and relaying the map markers to the web server, overlaying the map markers onto the map at proper ones of the particular locations so as to display each of the current prices simultaneously on the map for each of the plurality of locations, and relaying the map to a computer terminal.
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