GLOBALLY ADDRESSABLE INTERNET PROTOCOL AND SYNTAX MAPPING TO PHYSICAL ADDRESSES

• US 20140052799A1
• Filed: 08/13/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HERE, Inc.
• Original Assignee: HERE, Inc.
• Inventors: Keane, Sean Fredrick
• Application Number:
  US13/966,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20140052799A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

Methods, systems, platforms, and software utilizing a unique addressable URI mapping to physical addresses to provide educational resources, registered electronic messaging, hyperlocal forums, micropayments, and user identity verification.

Claims

1. Non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a digital processing device to create a registered electronic message application comprising:

a. a software module configured to access a database of physical street addresses;

b. a software module configured to generate a unique addressable URI based on each said physical street address, wherein each said addressable URI comprises a path further comprising elements representing a continent or region, a country, a state or province, a city, a street, a street number, and optionally a local identifier; and

c. a software module for configuring a secure electronic message box addressable by each addressable URI, wherein each electronic message box is capable of receiving electronic messages associated with a physical street address.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein said path element representing a continent or region comprises a top-level domain.

3. The media of claim 2, wherein said path element representing a continent or region comprises a .ST top-level domain.

4. The media of claim 2, wherein said path elements representing a country, a state or province, a city, a street, and a street number comprise subdomains.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein said electronic message box is an email box or a secure messaging box.

6. The media of claim 1, wherein said unique addressable URI comprises user verification information.

7. The media of claim 1, wherein said path comprises an element representing a person, place, or entity associated with the physical street address.

8. The media of claim 1, wherein said path comprises an aggregation of time and space relationships.

9. The media of claim 1, wherein said application further comprises a software module configured to generate a two-dimensional bar code resolving to each said addressable URI.

10. Non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a digital processing device to create a hyperlocal forum application comprising:

a. a software module configured to access a database of physical street addresses in a computer memory;

b. a software module configured to generate a unique addressable URI based on each said physical street address, wherein each said addressable URI comprises a path further comprising elements representing a continent or region, a country, a state or province, a city, a street, a street number, and optionally a local identifier; and

c. a software module for configuring a hyperlocal forum associated with each physical street address, wherein each forum is web-accessible by at least one of the addressable URIs.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein said path element representing a continent or region comprises a top-level domain.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein said path element representing a continent or region comprises a .ST top-level domain.

13. The media of claim 11, wherein said path elements representing a country, a state or province, a city, a street, and a street number comprise subdomains.

14. The media of claim 10, wherein said hyperlocal forum is a bulletin board system.

15. The media of claim 10, wherein said hyperlocal forum is a wiki.

16. The media of claim 10, wherein said path comprises an aggregation of time and space relationships.

17. The media of claim 10, wherein said application further comprises a software module configured to generate a two-dimensional bar code resolving to each said addressable URI.

18. Non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a digital processing device to create a user identity verification application comprising:

a. a software module configured to access a database of physical street addresses and users associated with each physical street address;

b. a software module configured to receive a request for verification of a user, wherein the user is identified with a unique addressable URI based on a physical street address, wherein said addressable URI comprises a user name and a path further comprising elements representing a continent or region, a country, a state or province, a city, a street, a street number, and optionally a local identifier; and

c. a software module configured to compare physical street address and username information from said database with information obtained from said URI to verify a user'"'"'s identity.

19. The media of claim 18, wherein said path element representing a continent or region comprises a top-level domain.

20. The media of claim 19, wherein said path element representing a continent or region comprises a .ST top-level domain.