Communication network utilizing email or web addresses that describe a physical location

• US 8,862,701 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2010
• Issued: 10/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: George Havriluk
• Original Assignee: George Havriluk
• Inventors: Havriluk, George
• Primary Examiner(s): Golabbakhsh, Ebrahim
• Application Number:
  US12/880,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20110072095A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,492 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/220
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A communication network utilizing email or web addresses that describe a physical location includes a network for communicating a message to a user, the message having an electronic address that identifies a physical location; a module to send the message to the user utilizing the electronic address; a module for the user to read the message utilizing the electronic address; and a module to identify the user utilizing the physical location. The electronic address may be an email address or a website address, and the description of the physical location may be a nine-digit zip code or a latitude and longitude.

Claims

1. A system for communicating with a user over a network, comprising:

a computer that associates the user with a first level of identification having the user'"'"'s preference of a nine-digit zip code or latitude and longitude coordinates of a physical location, and that further associates the user with a second level of identification having one or more of;

an address number of a place, a suite or apartment number, and a person'"'"'s name;

a module that sends a first message to the user over the network by individually identifying the user utilizing the first and second levels of identification, and that sends a second message to the user and other network users over the network by identifying the user and other network users utilizing only the first level of identification; and

a website for the user to access the system to view the messages, wherein the user accesses the website by visiting an electronic address having a domain name combined with one or more text fields that indicate the first and second levels of identification.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the website allows the user to access modules for social networking and micro blogging.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the system identifies users based upon the first level of identification associated with the users, thereby providing a community tied together by geographical location.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system identifies communities of multiple users based upon the first level of identification associated with the users, and provides social networking between the users in the same communities.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user pre-registers with the system by providing a first identifying information at the first level of identification, and then if the first identifying information does not uniquely identify the user, providing a second identifying information at the second level of identification.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the latitude and longitude coordinates have exactly 6 digits of precision to the right of the decimal point, thereby helping provide a consistent format for the electronic address.

7. A system for communicating with a user over a network, comprising:

a computer that pre-registers the users by associating the user with a first level of identification that describes a physical location with the user'"'"'s preference of a nine-digit zip code or latitude and longitude coordinates that have exactly 6 digits of precision to the right of the decimal, and if the first level of identification does not uniquely identify the user, further associating the user with a second level of identification having one or more of;

an address number of a place, a suite or apartment number, and a person'"'"'s name;

a module that identifies geographical communities of multiple users based upon the first level of identification associated with the users, and provides social networking between the users in the same communities;

a module that sends a first message to the user over the network by individually identifying the user utilizing the first and second levels of identification, and that sends a second message to the user and other network users over the network by identifying the user and other network users utilizing only the first level of identification; and

a website for the user to access the system to view the messages and for social networking, wherein the user accesses the website by visiting an electronic address having a domain name combined with one or more text fields that indicate the first and second levels of identification.

8. A method for communicating with a user over a network, comprising:

utilizing a computer system to associate the user with a first level of identification having the user'"'"'s preference of a nine-digit zip code or latitude and longitude coordinates of a physical location, and further associating the user with a second level of identification having one or more of;

an address number of a place, a suite or apartment number, and a person'"'"'s name;

sending a first message to the user over the network by individually identifying the user utilizing the first and second levels of identification, and sending a second message to the user and other network users over the network by identifying the user and other network users utilizing only the first level of identification; and

accessing a website to view the messages by visiting an electronic address having a domain name combined with one or more text fields that indicate the first and second levels of identification.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the website allows the user to access modules for social networking and micro blogging.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the system identifies users based upon the first level of identification associated with the users, thereby providing a community tied together by geographical location.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the system identifies communities of multiple users based upon the first level of identification associated with the users, and provides social networking between the users in the same communities.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the user pre-registers with the system by providing a first identifying information at the first level of identification, and then if the first identifying information does not uniquely identify the user, providing a second identifying information at the second level of identification.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the latitude and longitude coordinates have exactly 6 digits of precision to the right of the decimal point, thereby helping provide a consistent format for the electronic address.