Computerized system and method for tracking the geographic relevance of website listings and providing graphics and data regarding the same

• US 8,135,735 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2011
• Issued: 03/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Birch Hill LLC
• Original Assignee: Geodex LLC
• Inventors: Johnson, Jeremiah L., Pool, Gregory A., Tisdale, Edward, McArthur, Brian, Holmes, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): Chbouki, Tarek
• Application Number:
  US13/117,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20110218961A1
• Time in Patent Office: 291 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes the steps of accessing, using one or more processors, data relating to visitors who have visited one or more websites, determining, using one or more processors, geographic areas corresponding to locations of the visitors, receiving, using one or more processors, one or more signals indicating a first request to provide at least a portion of data to be provided on a webpage, determining, using one or more processors, a geographic area from where the request originates; generating, using one or more processors, a subset of the data that pertains to the requested data based on: relevancy of the requested data to the geographic area from where the request originates, and relevancy of the requested data to the visitors that are located in or near the geographic area from where the request originates; and providing, using one or more processors, the subset of the data; and providing, using one or more processors, data that indicates whether or not the visitors found each item in the subset to be relevant to one or more geographic regions related to the geographic area from where the request originates.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

(a) accessing, using one or more processors, data from visitor computers related to corresponding visitors who have visited one or more websites;

(b) determining, using one or more processors, visitor geographic areas corresponding to locations of the visitors;

(c) receiving from a requestor'"'"'s computer, using one or more processors, one or more signals indicating a first request to provide at least a portion of data to be provided on a webpage, the at least a portion of data related to the one or more websites;

(d) determining, using one or more processors, a request geographic area from where the request originates;

(e) generating, using one or more processors, a subset of the data that pertains to the requested data based on;

i. relevancy of the requested data to the request geographic area, and

ii. relevancy of the requested data to the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area; and

(f) providing, using one or more processors, the subset of the data;

(g) providing to the requestor'"'"'s computer, using one or more processors, data that indicates whether or not the visitors found each item in the subset to be relevant to the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area;

(h) providing to the requestor'"'"'s computer, using one or more processors, an interface for viewing the data that indicates whether or not the visitors found each item in the subset to be relevant to the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area, the interface comprising graphics indicating a number of times visitors have visited the one or more websites.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the visitor geographic areas located in and outside the request geographic area comprise at least one of:

(a) a geographic region local to the geographic area from where the request originates;

(b) a geographic region within a state of the geographic area from where the request originates;

(c) a geographic region within a region of the geographic area from where the request originates;

(d) a geographic region within a nation of the geographic area from where the request originates;

(e) a geographic region within a city of the geographic area from where the request originates;

(f) a geographic region within a specified distance from the geographic area from where the request originates;

or

(g) a geographic region near the geographic area from where the request originates.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphics comprise one or more boxes, each of the one or more boxes corresponding to a respective one of the one or more websites and including a number that indicates the number of times visitors have visited the respective one of the one or more websites.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 wherein the bar indicates, by use of one or more colors, the relevance of each set in the subset of data to the respective geographic areas.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface allows for reorganization of the subset according to each of the one or more visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area, the interface comprising a bar indicating the relevance of each set in the subset of data to the respective visitor geographic areas.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

(a) accessing, using one or more processors, data from visitor computers related to corresponding visitors who have visited one or more websites;

(b) determining, using one or more processors, visitor geographic areas corresponding to locations of the visitors;

(c) receiving from a requestor'"'"'s computer, using one or more processors, one or more signals indicating a first request to provide at least a portion of data to be provided on a webpage, the at least a portion of data related to the one or more websites;

(d) determining, using one or more processors, a request geographic area from where the request originates;

(e) generating, using one or more processors, a subset of the data that pertains to the requested data based on;

i. relevancy of the requested data to the request geographic area, and

ii. relevancy of the requested data to the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area;

(f) providing to the requestor'"'"'s computer, using one or more processors, the subset of the data, wherein;

i. the subset is organized with each item of data associated with one of the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area,

ii. items of data in the subset that are most relevant to the request geographic area are associated with a first visitor geographic area; and

iii. items of data in the subset that are less relevant to the geographic area from where the request originates are associated with a second visitor geographic area; and

(g) providing to the requestor'"'"'s computer, using one or more processors, an interface for viewing the data that indicates whether or not the visitors found each item in the subset to be relevant to the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area, the interface comprising graphics indicating a number of times visitors have visited the one or more websites.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising steps of:

receiving from the requestor'"'"'s computer, using one or more processors, one or more signals indicating a second request to provide at least a second portion of the data, wherein the second request originates from a second request geographic area different from the request geographic area;

(b) determining, using one or more processors, the location of the second request geographic area; and

(c) generating, using one or more processors, a second subset of the data responsive to the second request based on;

i. relevancy of the requested data to the second request geographic area, and

ii. relevancy of the requested data to the visitors inside and outside the second geographic area.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area comprises at least one of:

(a) a geographic region local to the geographic area from where the request originates;

(b) a geographic region within a state of the geographic area from where the request originates;

(c) a geographic region within a region of the geographic area from where the request originates;

(d) a geographic region within a nation of the geographic area from where the request originates;

(e) a geographic region within a city of the geographic area from where the request originates;

(f) a geographic region within a specified distance from the geographic area from where the request originates;

or

(g) a geographic region near the geographic area from where the request originates.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein the interface further comprises at least one of the following:

(a) graphics containing text relating to a number of times visitors have visited each of the one or more websites;

or

(b) geographic data pertaining to the visitors.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein the interface further comprises at least one of the following:

(c)

(a) a map indicating geographic information pertaining to the visitors;

or

(b) a map automatically indicating, via colored markers, a unit of distance between at least one of relevant geographic information pertaining to the visitors and the geographic area from where the request originates.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the graphics comprise one or more boxes, each of the one or more boxes corresponding to a respective one of the one or more websites and including a number that indicates the number of times visitors have visited the respective one of the one or more websites.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the interface allows for reorganization of the subset according to each of the one or more visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area, the interface comprising a bar indicating the relevance of each set in the subset of data to the respective visitor geographic areas.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 wherein the bar indicates, by use of one or more colors, the relevance of each set in the subset of data to the respective geographic regions.

14. A system comprising one or more processors and computer readable media including computer processor-readable code that is read by the one or more computer processors so that the one or more computer processors perform a method comprising the following steps:

(a) accessing data from visitor computers related to corresponding visitors who have visited one or more websites;

(b) determining visitor geographic areas corresponding to locations of the visitors;

(c) receiving from a requestor'"'"'s computer one or more signals indicating a first request to provide at least a portion of data to be provided on a webpage, the at least a portion of data related to the one or more websites;

(d) determining a request geographic area from where the request originates;

(e) generating a subset of the data that pertains to the data requested based on;

i. relevancy of the requested data to the request geographic area; and

ii. relevancy of the requested data to the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area; and

(f) providing the subset of the data;

(g) providing to the requestor'"'"'s computer data that indicates whether or not the visitors found each item in the subset to be relevant to the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area;

(h) providing to the requestor'"'"'s computer an interface for reorganizing the subset according to each of the one or more visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area, the interface comprising a bar indicating the relevance of each set in the subset of data to the respective visitor geographic areas and graphics indicating a number of times visitors have visited the one or more websites, the graphics comprising one or more boxes, each of the one or more boxes corresponding to a respective one of the one or more websites and including a number that indicates the number of times visitors have visited the respective one of the one or more websites.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the interface for reorganizing the subset reorganizes the subset in response to a command.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein the visitor geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area comprises at least one of:

(a) a geographic region local to a city in the geographic area from where the request originates;

(b) a geographic region within a state of the geographic area from where the request originates;

or

(c) a geographic region within a region of the geographic area from where the request originates.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the interface comprises at least one of the following:

(a) a map;

(b) text;

(c) images;

(d) hyperlinks;

(e) graphical data;

(f) videos;

(g) charts;

or

(h) forms.

18. The system of claim 17 further comprising updating the map to reflect reorganization of the subset.

19. The system of claim 14 further comprising manually inputting a geographic area different from the request geographic area.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the interface for reorganizing the subset reorganizes in response to the manual input of the geographic area different form the request geographic area.