SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WEBSITE POPULARITY BY LOCATION
First Claim
1. A method of determining popularity of Internet content by location, comprising:
- collecting and storing Internet usage data from plural electronic devices across a geographic area, the Internet usage data comprising data objects, each data object generated when a user of one of the electronic devices uses a browser to visit a website and each data object including an identification of the visited website and a position of the electronic device from which a request for the visited website was made; and
for a specified location, analyzing the Internet usage data to construct a list of the most visited websites by electronic devices for which the positions in the data objects are in the specified location, and transmitting the list to an electronic device that generated the specified location.
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Abstract
Internet websites that are popular for users in a specific location are determined and displayed to a user of an electronic device. The popularity information may be of benefit to users in the location or to users of inherently portable devices, such as a mobile telephone or a laptop computer, that travel to the location. In one embodiment, position data relating to devices used to access websites is used to establish statistics regarding the most visited websites based on location. For instance, positioning data may be added to “webpage look-up/URL requests” that are made by the devices. This data may be transmitted to a server for deriving of the statistics.
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1. A method of determining popularity of Internet content by location, comprising:
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collecting and storing Internet usage data from plural electronic devices across a geographic area, the Internet usage data comprising data objects, each data object generated when a user of one of the electronic devices uses a browser to visit a website and each data object including an identification of the visited website and a position of the electronic device from which a request for the visited website was made; and for a specified location, analyzing the Internet usage data to construct a list of the most visited websites by electronic devices for which the positions in the data objects are in the specified location, and transmitting the list to an electronic device that generated the specified location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of determining popularity of Internet content by location using an electronic device, comprising:
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requesting a list of popular websites by a specified location within a geographic area from a server; receiving a list of popular websites from the server; and displaying a map of the location together with the received list of popular websites; - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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