SPATIAL AGGREGATOR SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION
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Abstract
An information providing system comprises means for reading information feeds from one or more sources which are designed to be machine readable rather than user readable, one or more of said feeds having content expressed as a number of entries where each entry incorporates a spatial reference, means for assessing a user'"'"'s interest in order to match a user'"'"'s interest to content obtained from said feeds and means for providing to a user content from said spatially referenced feeds, whereby the content closely matches the user'"'"'s spatial interest.
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29 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. An information providing system, comprising
means for reading syndication feeds from at least one source; - at least one of said feeds having content expressed as a number of entries where each entry incorporates a spatial reference;
means for populating a spatial model from such spatially referenced feed entries;
means for assessing a user'"'"'s interest in order to match a user'"'"'s interest to content held in said spatial model; andmeans for providing to a user content from said spatial model;
whereby the content closely matches the user'"'"'s spatial interest. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- at least one of said feeds having content expressed as a number of entries where each entry incorporates a spatial reference;
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