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Software to Provide Geographically Relevant Website Content

a technology of website content and software, applied in the field of computer software, can solve the problems of not being known to include a passive means in any of them

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-06-09
FINLAW ARTHUR P
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[0009]It is still another object of the present invention to provide an anonymous environment where visitors of a web site can receive customized content based on their physical location.
[0010]It is yet another object of this invention to provide relevant content to a web site visitor quickly and without the need for a visitor to actively input any personal information.

Problems solved by technology

None of them, however, are known to include a passive means to identify where a discrete web page visitor is physically located and deliver at least some content relevant to that visitor's physical location.

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[0017]Referring now to the drawings, where an embodiment of the present invention is generally demonstrated in FIG. 1 where the process begins at step 12 when a Visitor accesses the internet through their computer. The Visitor typically uses a browser in the Visitor's computer to view internet content graphically. The Visitor could use a common public search engine to locate a particular Vendor or search a class of vendors or the Visitor could manually type in a known internet address (uniform resource locator or URL) of a Vendor into their browser.

[0018]The Visitor's browser, as shown in step 14, sends a request directed to the Vendor's internet hosting server associated with the Vendor's URL for the return of the Vendor's website. The request includes the Visitor's unique internet protocol (IP) address so that the Vendor's internet hosting server can route a response to the request back to the specific Visitor's browser where the content can be viewed by the Visitor.

[0019]When the...

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Abstract

Internet based software application that identifies the geographic location of each a website visitor by their IP address to provide geographically relevant content to each individual visitor in a customized web page. In an embodiment, content can be further customized by web page viewing patterns of users in similar geographic locations. In an embodiment the software application matches the visitor's location to likely travel departure points with offerings likely to interest a visitor from said location and displays likely attractive offers dynamically to that visitor.

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OTHER RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a divisional of pending of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 041,430 filed on Mar. 3, 2008, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Applicant claims benefit of the filing date of the parent application. The parent application is currently pending in Art Unit 2451.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to computer software, and more particularly, to an internet website application that provides geographically relevant website content to a website visitor.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Several designs for delivering geographically relevant internet content have been designed in the past. None of them, however, are known to include a passive means to identify where a discrete web page visitor is physically located and deliver at least some content relevant to that visitor's physical location.[0006]Applicant believes that the closest reference corresponds ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16H04W4/02H04W4/029
CPCG06Q10/025H04W4/02H04L67/02G06Q50/30G06Q30/0625G06Q50/12H04L67/18G06F16/9535H04L67/52H04W4/029
Inventor FINLAW, ARTHUR P.
Owner FINLAW ARTHUR P