White page and yellow page directories in a geo-spatial environment
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- geo-coding an address data associated with a listing of a directory on a map; and
publishing an inventory of a user associated with the listing to market to other users and residents a threshold distance away from the address data associated with the listing.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system of white page and yellow page directories in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes geo-coding an address data associated with a listing of a directory on a map and publishing an inventory of a user associated with the listing to market to other users and residents a threshold distance away from the address data associated with the listing. The method may include generating a set of coupons of a business associated with the listing as the inventory, and providing the set of coupons to the other users and residents the threshold distance away from the address data associated with the listing. The method may also include adjusting the threshold distance away based on a request of the user associated with the listing.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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geo-coding an address data associated with a listing of a directory on a map; and publishing an inventory of a user associated with the listing to market to other users and residents a threshold distance away from the address data associated with the listing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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providing a context to a legacy telephone directory data by geo-coding the legacy telephone directory data in a geo-spatial directory that simultaneously renders each listing of the legacy telephone directory in a map along with adjacent listings; creating a wiki interface such that any user of the geo-spatial directory updates the legacy telephone directory data until specific listings of the legacy telephone directory data are claimed by identified parties in the listings; and creating a landing page for users of the geo-spatial directory such that the landing page reflects coupons, new events, and activity among advertisers, businesses, and residents of a neighborhood in which the users are domiciled. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system, comprising:
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an information module having a yellow page data and a white page data that is geo-spatially tagged in a geo-spatial directory; a scanning device to transform a telephone directory into a form that is geo-spatially tagged in the geo-spatial directory; a wiki module to make editable each listing of the telephone directory until each listing is claimed; and a map module to simultaneously display adjacent locations listed in the telephone directory in a three-dimensional map view taken through at least one of aerial photography and satellite imagery. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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