Systems and methods for automatically creating and shortening traditional street and postal addresses
First Claim
1. A method for accessing content related to a location of interest, comprising:
- observing on a first display a map including a full address identifying a location on the map, the full address defined by a first set of characters “
X” and
including an imbedded Shortcode defined by a second set of characters “
Y”
selected from the first set of characters “
X”
of the full address that are visually distinguished from remaining characters of the first set of characters “
X”
of the full address, with “
Y”
being less than all of the first set of characters “
X”
of the full address and the remaining characters defining a third set of characters “
Z,”
wherein “
X”
equals the sum of “
Y” and
“
Z,” and
wherein the second set of characters “
Y”
of the full address are visually distinguished from the remaining letters of the full address by at least one of underlining, bolding, enlarging, changing the font, and changing the color of the second set of characters “
Y”
in the presentation of the full address relative to the third set of characters “
Z”
;
inputting the first set of characters “
Y”
defined by the imbedded Shortcode into an interface of an electronic device; and
observing on a display of an electronic device additional information regarding the location of interest.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for creating and using a Shortcode for any street or postal address, including an imbedded Shortcode (ISC) that differentiates and visually distinguishes the alpha-numeric characters constituting the Shortcode within the visual display of the full street address. A Shortcode may be automatically created and uniquely associated with a full street or postal address for anywhere in the world, including a street number, street name and/or type, city, state, country, or any street or unit prefix or suffix designation. The ISC enables the Shortcode to be visually identified by distinguishing the Shortcode from the other characters constituting the full traditional street or postal address.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for accessing content related to a location of interest, comprising:
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observing on a first display a map including a full address identifying a location on the map, the full address defined by a first set of characters “
X” and
including an imbedded Shortcode defined by a second set of characters “
Y”
selected from the first set of characters “
X”
of the full address that are visually distinguished from remaining characters of the first set of characters “
X”
of the full address, with “
Y”
being less than all of the first set of characters “
X”
of the full address and the remaining characters defining a third set of characters “
Z,”
wherein “
X”
equals the sum of “
Y” and
“
Z,” and
wherein the second set of characters “
Y”
of the full address are visually distinguished from the remaining letters of the full address by at least one of underlining, bolding, enlarging, changing the font, and changing the color of the second set of characters “
Y”
in the presentation of the full address relative to the third set of characters “
Z”
;inputting the first set of characters “
Y”
defined by the imbedded Shortcode into an interface of an electronic device; andobserving on a display of an electronic device additional information regarding the location of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for creating and using an ISC database, comprising:
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identifying an item of interest and assigning the item a full address defined by a first set of characters “
X”
;assigning a Shortcode and an imbedded Shortcode to the item, the Shortcode defined by a second set of characters “
Y”
including less than all of the first set of characters “
X”
of the full address, the imbedded Shortcode comprising a visual representation including the first set of characters “
X”
of the full address with the second set of characters “
Y”
of the Shortcode visually distinguished from the remaining characters of the full address by at least one of underlining, bolding, enlarging, changing the font, and changing the color of the second set of characters “
Y”
in the presentation of the full address relative to the remaining characters, wherein the remaining characters define a third set of characters “
Z” and
wherein “
X”
equals the sum of “
Y” and
“
Z”
; andstoring the full address, Shortcode, and imbedded Shortcode associated together within the ISC database. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for creating and using an ISC database, comprising:
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a processor for assigning Shortcodes and imbedded Shortcodes to locations having respective full addresses defined by respective first sets of characters “
X”
, the Shortcodes defined by respective second sets of characters “
Y”
including less than all of the first sets of the characters “
X”
of the respective full addresses, the imbedded Shortcodes comprising visual representations including the first sets of characters “
X”
of the respective full addresses with the second sets of characters “
Y”
of the Shortcodes visually distinguished from the remaining characters of the full addresses by at least one of underlining, bolding, enlarging, changing the font, and changing the color of the second set of characters “
Y”
in the presentation of the full addresses relative to the remaining characters, wherein the remaining characters define a third set of characters “
Z” and
wherein “
X”
equals the sum of “
Y” and
“
Z”
; andmemory communicating with the processor and providing an ISC database, the processor storing the Shortcodes, and imbedded Shortcodes associated together with the locations and respective full addresses within the ISC database. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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