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Location-based web browsing

Patent 7573843 Issued on August 11, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject September 30, 2023. 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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Inventor

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Application

No. 10675025 filed on 09/30/2003

US Classes:

370/328Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by respective fixed stations

Examiners

Primary: Kincaid, Lester
Assistant: Lim, Steven

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

H04W 4/00

Abstract

Described herein is a hyperlink browsing system that includes a plurality of mobile hyperlink browsers that communicate wirelessly with a plurality of servers having geographically-dependent information content. The hyperlink browsers have access to positioning receivers that generate varying geographical coordinates indicating the varying locations of the hyperlink browsers. When submitting HTTP requests, the hyperlink browsers include the geographical coordinates. The servers recognize the parameters and customize returned content in accordance with the geographic locations of the requesting users.

Other References

  • CellPort Labs Inc. publication listing in the Table of Contents: CellPort Labs; Mobile Web White Paper; Mobile Web FAQ; News on CellPort; Daimler-Benz's The Internet Multimedia on Wheels; SiRF Technology; Other Articles and Papers “Travel time studies on signalized highways using GPS” and “Real World Agent: A Linkage between the Internet and the Real World” Copyright 1997 CellPort Labs Inc.
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