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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE PARTICIPANTS WITH A CENTRAL ACCESS PORTAL TO GEOGRAPHIC POINT OF INTEREST DATA

  • US 20080163073A1
  • Filed: 11/13/2007
  • Published: 07/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for providing a centrally accessible portal for use by multiple participants in sharing geographic point of interest (POI) content, comprising:

  • a computer server and a database that contains point of interest (POI) content for sharing by participants, including Content Providers and Application Developers;

    a portal application that runs on the system and which is accessible to the Content Providers and the Application Developers, wherein the portal application provides a catalog of POI content stored in the database;

    a content link interface that allows the Content Providers to access the portal to upload and edit sets of POI content to the database, and also allows the Application Developers to access the portal to retrieve and access sets of POI content from the database;

    a categorization engine or service that defines a common taxonomy for assigning categories to POI content;

    a geocoding engine or service that can be optionally used to geocode POI content; and

    a subscription data that specifies subscriptions by the Application Developers to the sets of POI content, and enables the system to share POI content between the participants in accordance with the subscriptions.

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