Method and apparatus for processing a website request

• US 20060184640A1
• Filed: 02/15/2005
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stephen S. Eisenmann
• Original Assignee: Stephen S. Eisenmann
• Inventors: Hatch, Ryan D.
• Application Number:
  US11/058,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20060184640A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A method includes receiving a request from a client device regarding a website, wherein the request is received by a network device in communication with the client device via a LAN, transmitting the request to a server associated with the website, receiving a web page from the server, modifying the web page to include additional content associated with an approximate geographic area having access to the LAN, and transmitting the modified web page to the client device. Another method includes receiving a DNS request associated with a request regarding a first website from a client device, wherein the request is received by a DNS server in communication with the client device via a LAN, redirecting the request to a server associated with a second website different from the first website, wherein the DNS server is configured to respond to all DNS requests by transmitting the IP address for the server associated with the second website, and transmitting a web page from the second website to the client device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an electronic website request regarding a website, wherein the website request is received by a network device in communication with a Local Area Network (LAN) from a client device in communication with the LAN;

transmitting the website request from the network device to a server associated with the website;

receiving a web page from the server associated with the website in response to the website request, wherein the web page is received by the network device;

modifying the web page within the network device to include additional content associated with an approximate geographic area having access to the LAN; and

transmitting the modified web page from the network device to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional content is provided by an entity located in the approximate geographic area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the additional content comprises an advertisement.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the additional content comprises information regarding the entity.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the entity is a provider of at least one of products and services.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the request and receiving the web page comprise transmitting the request and receiving the web page via the Internet.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the LAN is part of a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN).

8. A method, comprising:

receiving a Domain Name System (DNS) request associated with an electronic website request regarding a first website, wherein the DNS request is received by a DNS server in communication with a Local Area Network (LAN) from a client device in communication with the LAN;

redirecting the website request to a server associated with a second website different from the first website by transmitting an Internet Protocol (IP) address for the server associated with the second website from the DNS server to the client device in response to the DNS request;

wherein the DNS server is configured to respond to all DNS requests by transmitting the IP address for the server associated with the second website, and

transmitting a web page included in the second website from the server associated with the second website to the client device in response to the redirected website request.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second website includes a web page including content associated with an approximate geographic area having access to the LAN.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the content is provided by an entity located within the approximate geographic area.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the content comprises an advertisement.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the content comprises information regarding the entity.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the entity is a provider of at least one of products and services.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the approximate geographic area having access to the LAN is a real estate location, and wherein the content comprises information regarding the real estate location.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the website request and transmitting web page comprise transmitting the request and transmitting the web page via the Internet.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein the LAN is part of a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN).

17. A network device configured to process an electronic request regarding a website, comprising:

means for receiving the electronic request regarding the website from a client device in communication with a Local Area Network (LAN), wherein the network device is in communication with the LAN;

means for transmitting the request to a server associated with the website;

means for receiving a web page from the server associated with the website in response to the request;

means for modifying the web page to include additional content associated with an approximate geographic area having access to the LAN; and

means for transmitting the modified web page to the client device.

18. A Domain Name System (DNS) server configured to process an electronic request regarding a website, comprising:

means for receiving a DNS request associated with an electronic website request regarding a first website, wherein the DNS request is received from a client device in communication with the DNS server via a LAN; and

means for redirecting the website request to a server associated with a second website different from the first website by transmitting an Internet Protocol (IP) address for the server associated with the second website from the DNS server to the client device in response to the DNS request;

wherein the DNS server is configured to respond to all DNS requests by transmitting the IP address for the server associated with the second website.

19. The DNS server of claim 18, wherein the second website includes a web page including content associated with an approximate geographic area having access to the LAN.

20. The DNS server of claim 19, wherein the approximate geographic area having access to the LAN is a real estate location, and wherein the content comprises information regarding the real estate location.

21. A method, comprising:

receiving an electronic website request regarding a first website, wherein the website request is received by a network device in communication with a Local Area Network (LAN) from a client device in communication with the LAN;

redirecting the website request to a server associated with a second website different from the first website;

wherein the network device is configured to redirect all website requests to the server associated with the second website; and

transmitting a web page included in the second website from the server associated with the second website to the client device in response to the redirected website request;

wherein the content of the web page includes content associated with an approximate geographic area having access to the LAN.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the approximate geographic area having access to the LAN is a real estate location, and wherein the content comprises information regarding the real estate location.