SOFTWARE TO PROVIDE GEOGRAPHICALLY RELEVANT WEBSITE CONTENT
First Claim
1. A computer-based method for automatically presenting geographically relevant internet content, the computer-based method comprising:
- receiving at an internet hosting server an initial request for internet content associated with a website from a browser operating on a remote computer;
reading a remote internet protocol (IP) address of the remote computer via the internet hosting server after the internet hosting server receives the initial request for internet content associated with the website from the browser operating on the remote computer;
determining a primary home airport based upon the remote IP address of the remote computer via a processor;
searching a computer database for available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport that is determined using the remote IP address;
identifying, via the processor, preferred flight and hotel packages from among the available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport that is determined using the remote IP address by removing travel packages from among the available flight and hotel packages that have destinations unlikely to be popular for a particular region associated with the remote IP address; and
automatically displaying representations of the preferred flight and hotel packages within the website such that after the internet hosting server receives the initial request for internet content associated with the website from the browser operating on the remote computer, a dedicated portion of the website displays, without any user input once at the website, only representations of flight and hotel packages that have destinations that are determined by the processor to be geographically relevant to website visitors from the particular region.
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Abstract
Internet based software application that identifies the geographic location of each a website visitor by their IP address to provide geographically relevant content to each individual visitor in a customized web page. In an embodiment, content can be further customized by web page viewing patterns of users in similar geographic locations. In an embodiment the software application matches the visitor'"'"'s location to likely travel departure points with offerings likely to interest a visitor from said location and displays likely attractive offers dynamically to that visitor.
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14 Claims
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1. A computer-based method for automatically presenting geographically relevant internet content, the computer-based method comprising:
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receiving at an internet hosting server an initial request for internet content associated with a website from a browser operating on a remote computer; reading a remote internet protocol (IP) address of the remote computer via the internet hosting server after the internet hosting server receives the initial request for internet content associated with the website from the browser operating on the remote computer; determining a primary home airport based upon the remote IP address of the remote computer via a processor; searching a computer database for available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport that is determined using the remote IP address; identifying, via the processor, preferred flight and hotel packages from among the available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport that is determined using the remote IP address by removing travel packages from among the available flight and hotel packages that have destinations unlikely to be popular for a particular region associated with the remote IP address; and automatically displaying representations of the preferred flight and hotel packages within the website such that after the internet hosting server receives the initial request for internet content associated with the website from the browser operating on the remote computer, a dedicated portion of the website displays, without any user input once at the website, only representations of flight and hotel packages that have destinations that are determined by the processor to be geographically relevant to website visitors from the particular region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-based method for automatically presenting geographically relevant internet content, the computer-based method comprising:
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receiving at an internet hosting server an initial request for internet content associated with a website from a browser operating on a remote computer; reading a remote internet protocol (IP) address of the remote computer via the internet hosting server after the internet hosting server receives the initial request for internet content associated with the website from the browser operating on the remote computer; determining a geographic region and a primary home airport based upon the remote IP address of the remote computer via a processor; searching a computer database via the processor for available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport that is determined using the remote IP address; identifying, via the processor, preferred flight and hotel packages from among the available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport that is determined using the remote IP address by removing flight and hotel packages unlikely to be purchased based upon respective destination; and automatically displaying representations of the preferred flight and hotel packages within the website such that after the internet hosting server receives the initial request for internet content associated with the website from the browser operating on the remote computer, a dedicated portion of the website displays, without any user input once at the website, only representations of flight and hotel packages that have destinations that are determined by the processor to be geographically relevant to website visitors from the geographic region associated with the remote IP address. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-based method for automatically presenting geographically relevant internet content, the computer-based method comprising:
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receiving at an internet hosting server an initial request for internet content associated with a website from a browser operating on a remote computer; reading a remote internet protocol (IP) address of the remote computer via the internet hosting server after the internet hosting server receives the initial request for internet content associated with the website from the browser operating on the remote computer; determining a geographic region and a primary home airport based upon the remote IP address of the remote computer via a processor; searching a computer database via the processor for available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport that is determined using the remote IP address; identifying, via the processor, preferred flight and hotel packages from among the available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport that is determined using the remote IP address by removing flight and hotel packages from the available flight and hotel packages that are determined to be geographically irrelevant to website visitors from the geographic region determined using the remote IP address; and automatically displaying representations of the preferred flight and hotel packages within an initial display of the website such that after the internet hosting server receives the initial request for internet content associated with the website from the browser operating on the remote computer, a dedicated portion of the website displays, without any user input once at the website, only representations of flight and hotel packages that have destinations that are determined by the processor to be geographically relevant to website visitors from the geographic region associated with the remote IP address.
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