Method and System for Localized Content Distribution for Internet Media
AssigneeStatePoint Media Inc.
InventorsTony Zoeteman, Robert Silverman
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Abstract
The claimed invention delivers location specific content to a webpage based on a location tag data comprising the webpage that constitutes the website's declaration of a geographic location to the content server, such that the content all appear in the same space on the page, without the need for the page to refresh, allowing a user to play multiple games and to read multiple stories in a single session.
Claims23
A method executed by a computer system comprised of a first server, a second server and a user's computer operating a browser process in communication with the first server and second server comprising:
- transmitting from the first server to the user computer a webpage data object comprised of data representing a webpage source identifier and a geographic descriptor;
- extracting at the user computer by the browser process, the webpage source identifier and the geographic descriptor;
- transmitting from the user computer to the second server, the webpage source identifier and the geographic descriptor;
- automatically selecting, at the second server, an at least one content data object stored at the second server by matching the transmitted geographic descriptor with an at least one second geographic descriptor corresponding to the at least one content data object stored at the second server;
- transmitting to the user computer from the second server, the selected at least one content data object;
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- displaying on the user computer, by the browser process, the transmitted at least one content data object.
The method of claim 6 where the transmitted webpage data object is comprised of a script that is interpreted by the browser process.
A system for delivering geographically selected content data objects comprising:
- a first computer comprised of data storage further comprised of a webpage data object comprised of data representing a webpage source identifier and a code data object, where the code data object is comprised of program code that when executed by the user computer causes the user computer to transmit the webpage source identifier to a second server;
- where the second server is comprised of a data storage further comprised of a data structure comprised of at least one content item and at least one geographic descriptor that corresponds to the at least one content item;
- and data storage comprised of program code that when executed by the second server causes the second server to determine a geographic location using the webpage source identifier and select an at least one content item using the determined geographic location.
A system for delivering geographically selected content data objects comprising:
- a first computer comprised of data storage further comprised of a webpage data object comprised of data representing a geographic descriptor and a code data object, where the code data object is comprised of program code that when executed by the user computer causes the user computer to extract the geographic descriptor from the webpage data object, and transmit a geographic descriptor to the second server;
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- the second server is comprised of a data storage further comprised of a data structure comprised of at least one content item and at least one geographic descriptor that corresponds to the at least one content item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.