Method and system for providing local information over a network
First Claim
1. A method of performing a transaction using a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the computing device, a request for information about businesses that are located within a selected geographic area;
responsive to the request, identifying, by the computing device, businesses located in the selected geographic area from a database that includes information about geographic locations of the businesses; and
transmitting, by the computing device, data displayable on a web page, the data including hyperlink information about the identified businesses.
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Abstract
A first computer (e.g., a central server) collects information to be presented to one or more users. The information is organized into a plurality of first web-sites where each of these web-sites is addressable by a unique Universal Resource Locator (URL). A physical location is associated with each of the first web-sites. One of the first web-sites may be provided to a user as a user web-site. When the user or other individual seeks to access the user web-site, links to a plurality of the first web-sites are provided based on a relationship between the physical locations associated with the first web-sites and the physical location associated with the user web-site.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of performing a transaction using a computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the computing device, a request for information about businesses that are located within a selected geographic area; responsive to the request, identifying, by the computing device, businesses located in the selected geographic area from a database that includes information about geographic locations of the businesses; and transmitting, by the computing device, data displayable on a web page, the data including hyperlink information about the identified businesses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of performing a transaction using a computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the computing device, a request for information about businesses that are located within a selected geographic area; responsive to the request, identifying, by the computing device, businesses from a database that includes information about physical locations of the businesses; and transmitting, by the computing device, data displayable on a web page, the data comprising hyperlink data for the identified businesses and map data for the selected geographic area, wherein the physical locations of the businesses are identified on the map. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of advertising, using a computing device, over a computer network, the method comprising:
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identifying, by the computing device, one or more customers in a selected geographic area; transmitting, by the computing device, information displayable on a web page about a business to the one or more customers, the information including hyperlink information; receiving, by the computing device, a request for additional information about the business from the one or more customers; transmitting, by the computing device, additional information displayable on a web page about the business to the one or more customers in response to the request for additional information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computing device configured to:
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receive a request for information about businesses that are located within a selected geographic area; responsive to the request, identify businesses located in the selected geographic area from a database that includes information about physical locations of the businesses; and transmit data about the identified businesses, wherein the data is displayable on a web page and the data includes hyperlink information about the identified businesses.
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21. A computer readable storage medium storing thereon computer readable instructions, the computer readable storage medium comprising:
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instructions for receiving a request for information about businesses that are located within a selected geographic area; instructions for, responsive to the request, identifying businesses located in the selected geographic area from a database that includes information about physical locations of the businesses; and instructions for transmitting information about the identified businesses, wherein the data is displayable on a web page and the data includes hyperlink information about the identified businesses.
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