Location information management
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1. A method of managing product-location specific information, comprising:
- (a) collecting product-location specific information for a single geographic location from multiple users at a centralized network hub, wherein said product-location specific information includes a plurality of different expressions for the single geographic location;
(b) transforming said product-location specific information to generate location-harmonized data that includes a single expression for the single geographic location;
(c) associating one or more attributes of the single geographic location to the location-harmonized data to generate location-harmonized product-location specific data; and
(d) distributing said location-harmonized product-location specific data, or content derived therefrom to the same or different users.
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Abstract
A method of managing product-location specific information is provided. Product-location specific information is collected from multiple users at a centralized network hub and transformed into location-harmonized data with one or more attached attributes including product data. The location-harmonized product-location specific data and/or content derived therefrom is distributed, and/or other content is distributed based on the location-harmonized product-location specific data and/or on the location harmonized data, to the same or different users. One or more efficient customer access methods is/are also provided.
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1. A method of managing product-location specific information, comprising:
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(a) collecting product-location specific information for a single geographic location from multiple users at a centralized network hub, wherein said product-location specific information includes a plurality of different expressions for the single geographic location; (b) transforming said product-location specific information to generate location-harmonized data that includes a single expression for the single geographic location; (c) associating one or more attributes of the single geographic location to the location-harmonized data to generate location-harmonized product-location specific data; and (d) distributing said location-harmonized product-location specific data, or content derived therefrom to the same or different users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of managing product-location specific information, comprising:
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(a) collecting product-location specific information for a single geographic location from multiple users at a centralized network hub, wherein said product-location specific information includes a plurality of different expressions corresponding to the single geographic location; (b) associating a same location identifier to the plurality of different expressions corresponding to the single geographic location; (c) associating one or more attributes of the single geographic location to the plurality of different expressions associated with the same location identifier; and (d) distributing at least one of the plurality of different expressions along with the one or more attributes of the single geographic location.
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18. One or more computer readable media encoded with a computer program for programming one or more processors to perform a method of managing product-location specific information, wherein the method comprises:
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(a) collecting product-location specific information for a single geographic location from multiple users at a centralized network hub, wherein said product-location specific information includes a plurality of different expressions for the single geographic location; (b) transforming said product-location specific information to generate location-harmonized data that includes a single expression for the single geographic location; (c) associating one or more attributes of the single geographic location to the location-harmonized data to generate location-harmonized product-location specific data; and (d) distributing said location-harmonized product-location specific data, or content derived therefrom to the same or different users. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. One or more computer readable media encoded with a computer program for programming one or more processors to perform a method of managing product-location specific information, wherein the method comprises:
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(a) collecting product-location specific information for a single geographic location from multiple users at a centralized network hub, wherein said product-location specific information includes a plurality of different expressions corresponding to the single geographic location; (b) associating a same location identifier to the plurality of different expressions corresponding to the single geographic location; (c) associating one or more attributes of the single geographic location to the plurality of different expressions associated with the same location identifier; and (d) distributing at least one of the plurality of different expressions along with the one or more attributes of the single geographic location.
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36. A method of managing information, comprising:
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receiving location information at a centralized network hub for identifying a plurality of geographic locations, wherein each of the plurality of geographic locations is identified by the location information using a plurality of different expressions; converting the received location information so that each of the plurality of geographic locations is identified by a single location expression; for each of the geographic locations, associating one or more attributes of the geographic location to the single location expression corresponding to that geographic location; converting one of the single location expressions into one or more of the plurality of different expressions; and sending from the centralized network hub the converted single expression along with the one or more attributes associated with the converted single expression. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for managing information, comprising:
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a centralized network hub; and a plurality of user computing devices each configured to communicate with the centralized network hub; wherein the centralized network hub is configured to; receive location information from the plurality of user computing devices for identifying a plurality of geographic locations, wherein each of the plurality of geographic locations is identified by the location information using a plurality of different expressions; convert the received location information so that each of the plurality of geographic locations is identified by a single location expression; for each of the geographic locations, associate one or more attributes of the geographic location to the single location expression corresponding to that geographic location; convert one of the single location expressions into one or more of the plurality of different expressions; and send to at least one of the plurality of user computing devices the converted single expression along with the one or more attributes associated with the converted single expression. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method of managing information, comprising:
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receiving location information at a centralized network hub for identifying a plurality of geographic locations, wherein each of the geographic locations is identified by the location information using a plurality of different expressions; for each of the geographic locations, generating a single location identifier unique to the geographic location; for each of the geographic locations, associating the single location identifier to portions of the location information that identify that geographic location; for each of the geographic locations, associating one or more attributes of the geographic location to portions of the location information that were associated with the single location identifier corresponding to the geographic location; and
thensending from the centralized network hub at least a portion of the location information along with the one or more associated attributes. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A system for managing information, comprising:
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a centralized network hub; and a plurality of user computing devices each configured to communicate with the centralized network hub; wherein the centralized network hub is configured to; receive location information from the plurality of user computing devices for identifying a plurality of geographic locations, wherein each of the geographic locations is identified by the location information using a plurality of different expressions; for each of the geographic locations, generate a single location identifier unique to the geographic location; for each of the geographic locations, associate the single location identifier to portions of the location information that identify that geographic location; for each of the geographic locations, associate one or more attributes of the geographic location to portions of the location information that were associated with the single location identifier corresponding to the geographic location; and
thensend to at least one of the plurality of user computing devices at least a portion of the location information along with the one or more associated attributes. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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