Method of Accessing Information and Related Networks
First Claim
1. A computerised method of allowing one or more users to access information, the method comprising:
- causing a first computing device to transmit data representing a map to a remote computing device for display to a user thereof;
receiving at the first computing device area-data defining a user defined area, relative to the map, wherein the area has associated therewith one or more user-defined parameters that hold for that area;
causing the first computing device to process the area-data and to link areas having the same, or at least similar, user-defined parameter associated therewith thereby building up a network of areas having the same, or at least similar, parameters; and
allowing the or each user to access the network of areas, by obtaining data from the first computing device, to obtain information about any one or more of the areas and/or of the network.
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Abstract
A computerised method of allowing one or more users to access information is disclosed. The method includes causing a first computing device to transmit data representing a map to a remote computing device for display to a user thereof and receiving at the first computing device area-data defining a user defined area, relative to the map, wherein the area has associated therewith one or more user-defined parameters that hold for that area. The method further includes causing the first computing device to process the area-data and to link areas having the same, or at least similar, user-defined parameter associated therewith thereby building up a network of areas having the same, or at least similar, parameters and allowing the or each user to access the network of areas, by obtaining data from the first computing device, to obtain information about any one or more of the areas and/or of the network.
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11 Claims
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1. A computerised method of allowing one or more users to access information, the method comprising:
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causing a first computing device to transmit data representing a map to a remote computing device for display to a user thereof; receiving at the first computing device area-data defining a user defined area, relative to the map, wherein the area has associated therewith one or more user-defined parameters that hold for that area; causing the first computing device to process the area-data and to link areas having the same, or at least similar, user-defined parameter associated therewith thereby building up a network of areas having the same, or at least similar, parameters; and allowing the or each user to access the network of areas, by obtaining data from the first computing device, to obtain information about any one or more of the areas and/or of the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transient machine readable medium containing instructions which when read by a computer cause that computer to:
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transmit data representing a map to a remote computing device for display to a user thereof; receive area-data defining a user defined area, relative to the map, wherein the area has associated therewith one or more user-defined parameters that hold for that area; cause the computer system to process the area-data and to link areas having the same, or at least similar, user-defined parameter associated therewith thereby building up a network of areas having the same, or at least similar, parameters; and allowing the or each user to access the network of areas, by obtaining data from the computer system, to obtain information about any one or more of the areas and/or of the network.
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11. A method of allowing one or more users to access information, the method comprising
receiving map-data, from a remote computing device, that represents a map together with and displaying that map to a user; -
allowing user to define a user-defined area on the displayed map and to enter a user-defined parameter for the user-defined area, and generating area-data specifying the user-defined area and/or the user-defined area; returning the area-data to the remote computing device.
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