Method and apparatus of indexing web pages of a web site for geographical searchine based on user location

Patent 7231405 Issued on June 12, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 10, 2025. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

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Inventor

Xia, Xiongwu

Assignee

Doug Norman, Interchange Corp.

Application

No. 11032385 filed on 01/10/2005

US Classes:

707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)707/7, Sorting709/245, COMPUTER-TO-COMPUTER DATA ADDRESSING709/225Computer network access regulating

Examiners

Primary: Le, Uyen

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

G06F 17/00
G06F 17/30

Abstract

A local search engine geographically indexes information for searching by identifying a geocoded web page of a web site and identifying at least one geocodable web page of the web site. The system identifies a geocode contained within content of the geocoded web page of the web site. The geocode indicates a physical location of an entity associated with the web site. The system indexes content of the geocoded web page and content of the geocodable web page. The indexing including associating the geocode contained within content of the geocoded web page to the indexed content of the geocoded web page and the geocodable web page to allow geographical searching of the content of the web pages.

Other References

Kevin S. McCurley, “Geospatial Mapping and Navigation of the Web”, ACM 1-58113-348-0/01/0005, pp. 221-229.
Schilit et al, “Challenge: Ubiquitous Location-Aware Computing and the “Place Lab” Initiative”, ACM 1-58113-768-0/03/0009, pp. 29-35.