Location-code system for location-based services
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1. A method of determining a location for use in a location-based service, the method comprising:
- querying database system to obtain a number of available location codes;
presenting the available location codes to a user;
prompting the user to select one of the presented available location codes;
receiving a user selection of a first location code from the presented location codes querying a database system to determine a location corresponding to the first location code selected by the user; and
outputting an indication of the location, wherein the database system defines images associated with the available location codes, and wherein presenting the available location codes to the user comprises presenting the images to the user.
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Abstract
A location-code system provides user-specific location codes corresponding to locations. A user can provision the codes. When the user accesses a location-based service, the user can then provide the service with a location code. The service, perhaps with the assistance of a location-code provider, can then translate the user-specific location code into location coordinates that can be used to facilitate a location-based service. Further, the location-code system can provide global, or generic, location-codes for particular locations, which any user can use as a basis to indicate a location.
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1. A method of determining a location for use in a location-based service, the method comprising:
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querying database system to obtain a number of available location codes;
presenting the available location codes to a user;
prompting the user to select one of the presented available location codes;
receiving a user selection of a first location code from the presented location codes querying a database system to determine a location corresponding to the first location code selected by the user; and
outputting an indication of the location, wherein the database system defines images associated with the available location codes, and wherein presenting the available location codes to the user comprises presenting the images to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of determining a location for use in a location-based service, the method comprising:
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receiving a first location code;
querying a database system to determine a location corresponding to the first location code;
identifying a length of the first location code;
using the length as a basis to determine whether the first location code is a user-specific code or a global code; and
outputting an indication of the location. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method of determining a location for use in a location-based service, the method comprising:
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recording in a database system a user-specific description of a given location;
recording in the database system a correlation between the user-specific description and the given location;
thereafter receiving from a user the user-specific description;
querying the database system to determine a location corresponding to the user-specific description received from the user; and
outputting an indication of the determined location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A location-code system comprising:
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a database system defining relationships between location-codes and locations;
a provisioning system for establishing location-codes in the database system, wherein, through the provisioning system, the database system receives a user-specific location-code as a description of a given location and stores a correlation between the user-specific location-code and the given location; and
an access system for using the database system to determine locations corresponding to location-codes, wherein the access system receives the user-specific location-code and queries the database system to retrieve the given location corresponding to the user-specific location-code.
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16. A method comprising:
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identifying a geographic location;
thereafter receiving from a user a user-specific code to designate the geographic location, and storing in a database system an indication of the geographic location and an indication of the user-specific code designating the geographic location; and
thereafter (i) receiving from the user the user-specific code, (ii) querying the database system to retrieve the stored geographic location designated by the user-specific code, and (iii) using the retrieved geographic location as a basis to perform a location-based service for the user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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