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Method and apparatus for associating physical locations to online entities

  • US 9,710,484 B2
  • Filed: 09/17/2013
  • Issued: 07/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • determining, by a processor, one or more user interactions by at least one user with at least one computer readable user interface element embedded in at least one website of at least one online entity, wherein the at least one computer readable user interface element encodes one or more physical locations, in the form of one or more respective addresses, of the at least one online entity as extractable data in computer code data;

    electronically storing, by the processor, the one or more physical locations in at least one user collection database on a user storage device of a computer device based, at least in part, on the one or more user interactions;

    presenting one or more graphical representations, on a graphical user interface of the computer device, of status information with respect to the one or more physical locations in the at least one user collection database, the status information comprising an indication that the one or more physical locations is electronically stored in the at least one user collection database;

    in response to a request from a user to display a webpage of the website in the graphical user interface of the computer device, displaying the user interface element to the user as a graphical button on the webpage of the website, wherein the one or more interactions causes modifying the graphical button to indicate that the extractable data has been extracted; and

    in response to the request from the user to display the webpage of the website in the graphical user interface of the computer device, presenting the graphical representation wherein a completion of the storage of the location information causes a modification in the graphical button for the indication that the one or more physical locations is electronically stored in the at least one user collection database.

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